Chemotherapy

In the article “Circadian Clock, Cancer, and Chemotherapy,” the authors discuss the relationship between the circadian clock, cell cycle, DNA repair, and apoptosis. The authors then relate these relationships to cancer and treatment of cancer. The article backs their claims with numerous studies performed on both animal and human subjects. It also describes the importance of circadian rhythm in timing of drug delivery for cancer patients. This treatment method has been given the name…

Session on surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy are the conventional treatment options for cancer therapy. To maximize the killing effects to the tumor, the combination therapy with surgery and radiation, or chemotherapy are most often used (Tannock 1998). However, for treatment of small, poorly defined metastases or tumors embedded within vital regions, such as brain, conventional treatment options may not be able to provide effective therapeutic outcome (Hirsch, Stafford et al. 2003).…

INTRODUCTION: Cancer exists as a leading cause of death worldwide, treatments are available in a wide range but also side effects are harshly associated to it. Chemotherapy is most widely suited and recommended treatment of any cancer type. It is the conventional concept that chemotherapy drugs selectively killed damaged cells but novel generated facts explores that they also damages the normal cells also by the dependence of dosing. Hence, there exist fact to develop the approaches that…

Today, many of those professionals turn to chemotherapy and radiation to battle the cancer, but is that the right choice? Everyone wants the solution to the problem, and since chemotherapy and radiation are the instant “go-to treatment”…

Introduction Chemotherapy induced diarrhea (CID) is a relatively common side effect of cancer treatment, occurring as often as 50-80% of the time in patients undergoing chemotherapy (Stein, Voigt & Jordan, 2010). The effects of CID are physically, and emotionally debilitating and can be life threatening. Chemotherapy is toxic and through some understanding, appears to affect the gastrointestinal tract to excrete fluid and electrolytes at an alarming rate. Physically, the patient undergoes volume…

One and Only Inventor of Chemotherapy Jakob Young and Taylor Holmes Jane Wright has changed our society. “She was one of the first researchers to test chemotherapeutic drugs in humans, which produced effective dosing levels and helped save lives” (“Changing the Face of Medicine”). She helped people with cancer by using a new treatment called chemotherapeutic drugs, which helped terminate the odds of having cancer. She mostly worked on patients by giving them chemotherapy, which has a bad effect…

All she wanted was to be able to watch her son, James grow up. The cancer was very aggressive and seemed to be taken over her at a fast rate. Within a few weeks, she was undergoing chemotherapy and other treatments that her doctor felt that she needed to do to kick the cancer. However, not only was the chemotherapy not working on her, the cancer was spreading. In five months, the cancer spread to her lungs, bones, and brain. I was her main caregiver throughout this time. It was hard to watch…

gene therapy and cisplatin (one of the most common chemotherapy drugs) based (DDP) chemotherapy. After tests with nude mice bearing human small-cell lung cancer, data showed that AdVPTEN in combination with DDP chemotherapy repressed NCI-H446 tumor growth in vivo. In this study, it was also concluded that AdVPTEN gene therapy plus DDP chemotherapy reduced the microvessel density (MVD) of NCI-H446 tumors in human small-cell lung cancer. Chemotherapy remains the main procedure in the treatment of…

Chemotherapy Imagine what the world would be like if chemotherapy did not exist. Millions of people are diagnosed with cancer each year. If chemotherapy had not been invented the medical field would be much different. Patients diagnosed would have shorter lives and their lives would be much more uncomfortable. Without chemotherapy treatment the mortality rate of cancer patients would be much higher. While people know about the effectiveness and side effects of chemotherapy, they may not…

Chemotherapy is expensive; however, it is generally covered by private insurance providers. Medicare and Medicaid also, generally cover cancer treatments. There could be less expensive drugs such as generic brands which work just as well. People can often get help with the cost of their medicines from public and private programs. There are some pharmaceutical drug companies with a patient assistance program. Each company will set the requirements for its own program. HealthWell Foundation is a…