Friday, March 5, 2010

What is Chemotherapy?

Chemotherapy is the use of chemicals (drugs) to treat the disease - or more precisely, refers generally to the destruction of cancerous cells. However, chemotherapy includes the use of antibiotics and other medicines to treat disease. This article focuses on chemotherapy for cancer treatment. Cytotoxic prevents cancer cells from dividing and growing. When professionals in health chemotherapy today to talk about the general involve more cytotoxic than others.
How do I start chemotherapy?

According to a military operation in World War II, some sailors were accidentally exposed to mustard gas. They were later blood cells to be very white stockings.White blood cells usually grow very fast parts - including cancer cells grow very fast.
Doctors asked if the effects of mustard gas - a slowdown from the rapid growth of white blood cells may be - have the same effect on the growth of cancer cells.

Doctors have tried to test advanced lymphoma patients by injecting a chemical into the mustard. Although the effect is temporary, patients experienced significant improvement.

This led to the investigation of other medications which may slow or stop the division and growth of cancer cells. In recent decades, many new drugs have been created to improve.

There are over 100 different types of chemotherapy drugs can now treat most cancers.

Genetic tests help doctors to better target chemotherapy. Tests for gene mutations may contribute to breast cancer said they did not receive a certain type of chemotherapy, researchers from the United States and Norway.

By studying the structure in which light is reflected from the surface of cells, researchers have assessed the situation, the success of chemotherapy in triggering the death of cancer cells, according to a study by researchers at Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center and description of LEDs Duke's Pratt School of Engineering.

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