What is Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. Broadly, most chemotherapeutic drugs work by impairing mitosis (cell division), effectively targeting fast-dividing...
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Chemotherapy Treatments
| Treatment | Description | Reviewed by | Helps | |
 | Radiotherapy | Radiotherapy is commonly used for the treatment of malignant tumours (cancer), and ma... Read Reviews | 1 Member | |
| Writing | "Learn as much by writing as by reading." - Lord Acton Read Reviews | 1 Member | 100% of the time |
| Cisplatin | Cisplatin or cis-diamminedichloroplatinum is a platinum-based chemotherapy drug used ... Read Reviews | 1 Member | 100% of the time |
| 5-FU | Fluorouracil (5-FU) is a drug that is used in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to ... Read Reviews | 1 Member | |
| Gemcitabine | Gemcitabine is a nucleoside used as chemotherapy. It is marketed as Gemzar? by Eli Li... Read Reviews | 1 Member | 100% of the time |
| Vincristine | Vincristine (Oncovin®) is an alkaloid from the Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus ro... Read Reviews | 1 Member | 100% of the time |
| Gleevec | Imatinib is a drug used to treat certain types of cancer. It is currently marketed by... Read Reviews | 1 Member | |
| Oncaspar | ONCASPAR is used in combination with other chemotherapeutics to treat patients with a... Read Reviews | 1 Member | 100% of the time |
| Faith | Faith is belief, trust or confidence often based on a transpersonal relationship with... Read Reviews | 1 Member | 100% of the time |
| Support from Friends & Family | The support and encouragement of friends and family can have a very powerful effect o... Read Reviews | 1 Member | 100% of the time |
| Purinethol | Mercaptopurine (also called 6-Mercaptopurine, 6-MP or its brand name Purinethol) is a... Read Reviews | 1 Member | 100% of the time |
| Azathioprine | Azathioprine is a chemotherapy drug, now rarely used for chemotherapy but more for im... Read Reviews | 1 Member | 100% of the time |
| Prayer | Prayer is an active effort to communicate with a deity or spirit either to offer prai... Read Reviews | 1 Member | 100% of the time |
| Medrol | Methylprednisolone is a synthetic glucocorticoid drug taken orally or adminstered int... Read Reviews | 1 Member | 100% of the time |
| Cytarabine | Cytarabine is a shortened form of cytosine arabinoside, a commonly used chemotherapy ... Read Reviews | 1 Member | 100% of the time |
