Cancer Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy : Alternative Medicine
by National Cancer Institute
Many people with cancer are exploring complementary therapies. These methods focus on the mind, body, and spirit. They do not take the place of medical therapies, but add to them.

Elderly Benefit From Chemotherapy for Early Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
Elderly patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer who received chemotherapy following surgery lived longer than those who'd had surgery alone, without an increase in treatment-related toxicity or hospitalization.

Gastrointestinal Complications : Diarrhea
by National Cancer Institute
In cancer patients, the most common cause of diarrhea is cancer treatment (chemotherapy, radiation therapy, bone marrow transplantation, or surgery). Other causes of diarrhea include antibiotic therapy, stress and anxiety related to being diagnosed

Cancer : Routine Oral Care, Infection
by National Cancer Institute
Continuing good dental hygiene during and after cancer treatment can reduce complications such as cavities, mouth sores, and infections. It is important to clean the mouth after eating.

Gemcitabine and Pancreatic Head Tumors
by National Cancer Institute
The combination of radiation therapy and the drug 5-flurouracil (5-FU) is frequently used in addition to surgery in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. In this trial, adding gemcitabine to this standard chemoradiation regimen improved overall survival

Gastrointestinal Complications : Constipation
by National Cancer Institute
Common factors that may cause constipation in healthy people are eating a low-fiber diet, postponing visits to the toilet, using laxatives and enemas excessively, not drinking enough fluids, and exercising too little.

Gastrointestinal Complications : Radiation Enteritis
by National Cancer Institute
Radiation therapy stops the growth of rapidly dividing cells, such as cancer cells. Since normal cells in the lining of the bowel also divide rapidly, radiation treatment can stop those cells from growing, making it difficult for bowel tissue to repair

Gastrointestinal Complications
by National Cancer Institute
Constipation is the slow movement of feces (stool or body wastes) through the large intestine resulting in infrequent bowel movements and the passage of dry, hard stools. The longer it takes for the stool to move through the large intestine

Bevacizumab (Avastin) for Treatment of Solid Tumors
by National Cancer Institute
Bevacizumab (Avastin) was the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)- approved biological therapy designed to inhibit the formation of new blood vessels to tumors. It is manufactured by Genentech, South San Francisco, Calif.

Oral Complications and Chemotherapy or Radiation Therapy
by National Cancer Institute
Continuing good dental hygiene during and after cancer treatment can reduce complications such as cavities, mouth sores, and infections. It is important to clean the mouth after eating.

Oral Complications of High-Dose Chemotherapy or Stem Cell Transplant
by National Cancer Institute
Patients who have received transplants are at risk of graft-versus-host disease. Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a reaction of donated bone marrow or stem cells against the patient's tissue.