what is chemotherapy?

Answer 1

Definition: Chemotherapy is the use of medication to destroy cancer cells. Chemotherapy is called a systemic treatment because the medications enter the bloodstream, travel through the body, and can destroy cancer cells outside the target area.
Chemotherapy may be taken by mouth (orally), or it may be given through a needle into a vein (intravenously, or IV) or a muscle (intramuscular, or IM).

Answer 2

Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill bacteria, viruses, fungi, and cancer cells. Most commonly, the term is used to refer to cancer-killing drugs.
Chemotherapy is drug treatment which is used to try and kill cancer cells or stop them spreading.
Different cancer cells respond to different drugs, so not all chemotherapy is the same.
Sometimes as many as eight different drugs is employed to get the best effect, and doctors are constantly trying out new combinations to improve treatment.
Chemotherapy is often associated with debillitating side effects, but many types of modern chemotherapy cause only mild problems.
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Answer 3

Chemotherapy is drug treatment which is used to try and kill cancer cells or stop them spreading.

Different cancer cells respond to different drugs, so not all chemotherapy is the same.

Sometimes as many as eight different drugs is employed to get the best effect, and doctors are constantly trying out new combinations to improve treatment.

Chemotherapy is often associated with debillitating side effects, but many types of modern chemotherapy cause only mild problems.

Answer 4

Chemotherapy is a series of chemo drugs being administered to hopefully kill off cancer cells there are different types of chemo drugs that could be used, they usually also include radiation treatment along with this, to actually burn the cells, the chemo drugs are so strong, that is why people loose their hair, become anemic and really become nauseated. they have proven that smoking pot actually helps chemo patients relax and have an appetite, and you don't have to smoke it they have the pot in pill form.

Answer 5

chemotherapy is a mixture of two words, chemo: meaning chemicals, and therapy means treatment. so chemotherapy simply means treatment using modern medicines. in medicine we reserve this term for treatment of cancers.

Answer 6

The answers listed are correct: It is the treatment using specfic chemical agents, targeted for cancer cells, Which are selectively used to destroy malignant cells and tissues. they enter the cell cycle as specific times, unfortunately they cannot tell the difference between a healthy cell and a cancer cell so they tend to destroy all cells.

Answer 7

treatment of neoplastic disease (cancer) with

chemotherapeutic agent (chemicals).side effects are nausea vomiting visual blurring teratogenic effects(reduce sperms) bonemarrow depression(immunosuppressiive effects)alopecia ,sterlity and increased skin pigmentation.