Is chemotherapy good for cancer patients ??? is there any side effects?!


Question: Is chemotherapy good for cancer patients !?!?!? is there any side effects!?
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There are only 3 types treatments given for the Cancer Patients - they are Surgery, Chemotherapy and Radiation therapy!. These treatments are given for the benefit of the patients though they have many bad side effect and there is no other alternative but to have it as may be required by the kind of cancer and other factors!.

The main purpose of chemotherapy is to kill cancer cells!. It can be used as the primary form of treatment or as a supplement to other treatments!. Chemotherapy is often used to treat patients with cancer that has spread from the place in the body where it started (metastasized), but it may also be used the keep cancer from coming back (adjuvant therapy)!. Chemotherapy destroys cancer cells anywhere in the body!. It even kills cells that have broken off from the main tumor and traveled through the blood or lymph systems to other parts of the body!.

Chemotherapy can cure some types of cancer!. In some cases, it is used to slow the growth of cancer cells or to keep the cancer from spreading to other parts of the body!. When a cancer has been removed by surgery, chemotherapy may be used to keep the cancer from coming back (adjuvant therapy)!. It is also helpful in reducing the tumor size prior to surgery (primary [neoadjuvant] chemotherapy)!. Chemotherapy can ease the symptoms of cancer (palliate), helping some patients have a better quality of life!.

Some chemotherapy drugs have more side effects than others!. Among the most common side effects are:

- fatigue
- nausea and vomiting
- loss of appetite
- diarrhea
- hair loss
- anemia
- infection
- easy bleeding or bruising
- sores in the mouth and throat
- neuropathy and other damage to the nervous system
- kidney damage

Most of the time the side effects make the patients more sick and it is necessary to put up with them, in order to get some betterment in health!.-

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Chemotherapy is the use of specific drugs for selective destruction of injurious agents!. The beneficial effect of chemotherapy depends on the type and stage of cancer for which it is used!. Chemotherapy is more effective in widespread cancers and malignant types!. So, in some cases, chemo therapy can be the only hope for the survival of the patients!.
The cancer cells are not external agents infecting the body but the body cells which have started a sort of rebellion against self and to make things worse, have achieved near-immortality by natural means!. So, the drug used has a tough job sorting out normal from abnormal cells!. The side effects are produced from the cytotoxicity of these normal growing cells!. The general side effects ( which can be very distressing in most of the cases) are nausea, vomiting, alopecia, anemia, prone to infections, tendency to bleed, skin disorders, anorexia , and others !.!.!. hope this helps you!!Www@Answer-Health@Com

Chemotherapy simply means using drugs to treat, same as for anything else!. If it wasn't 'good' for cancer patients, then it wouldn't be used, would it!?

As to side effects, they are many and varied, depending on the drugs used!. However, it's worth bearing in mind that the most incredible 'side effect' is a cure!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Chemo is basically killing all the bad cells!. It is not "good" in the fact that it practically kills you to make you better, but it is good in the fact that it normally helps a person get rid of the residual cells!.

It can cause hair to fall out all over the body, vomiting, diarrhea, basic weakness, weight loss because of decrease in appetite and vomiting, some puffiness or swelling, and probably some I don't' mention here!.
If the docs want to do it, Chemo is probably the best treatment for the type of cancer you are facing!.

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Hi Mellz!. I have leukemia!. I have to take chemo every single day!. There are many side effects to the type I take, but if I didn't take it, I would die - so I know I just have to deal with it!. My side effects include nausea, tired, my hair has thinned, and other nasty things!. I know it is different with other types of chemo, where you go for it as scheduled, and than you can start to feel better again!. I hope that if you have to do chemo, you will be okay!. Everyone is different and perhaps it won't be so bad!. Take good care and be well!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

chemotherapy is usually given to patient to remove any residue cancer cells after removing the affected body part!. It has got side effects, as it reduces cell growths for a limited time and thus affecting the normal metabolism!. Side effects can be seen through hair fall, nausea etc!. but these are temporary!.

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During Chemotherapy a high Antibiotic is administered which acts as Anti-tumer Drug i!.e!. the Medicine decreases the chance of formation of fresh tumers!.As malignant tumers are only cancerous so if somehow growth of Tumers is arrested then the speed of arrival of the ultimate stage may be retarded!. Www@Answer-Health@Com

I've never heard anyone call chemotherapy "good" - its awful, but it is the only way that some people are able to survive cancer!. The are all sorts of possible side effects, and sometimes the side effects can be severe, and a few effects can be permanent!. Www@Answer-Health@Com

chemotherapy has its own side-effects!. or u may visit www!.saioam!.com for evaluation by experts in alternative medicine and treatment options under the ambit of homoeopathy, ayurveda, tissue salt remedies, nature cure, etc!., which is safer and with the loast/no side effects!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Just thought I'd add this as well!.!.!.
Chemotherapy is also given to terminally ill cancer patients to try and prolong their life if the cancer cannot be operated on!.
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