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EOX Chemotherapy – Treatment of Gastric Cancer

EOX chemotherapy is the name of the chemotherapy treatment derived by the names of the initial letters of the chemotherapy drugs used for the treatment. The drugs which are used for treatment are capecitabine, epirubicin and oxaliplatin. This type of chemotherapy is mainly used for treating gastric cancer or stomach cancer. Chemotherapy is the most […]

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Life After Chemo

Chemotherapy is a treatment used for treating cancer by destroying the cancerous cells. The individual undergoing this treatment has to undergo physical and emotional stress. The type of chemotherapy for cancer depends on various factors such as your general health, type of cancer and also whether the cancer is spread on to different parts of […]

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Chemotherapy Treatment

If you’re one of those unfortunate people who have been diagnosed to be suffering from a fatal disease called “cancer”, your morality is definitely broken. Knowing there is not much you can do to save them a pathetic situation. There are not many alternatives, and the only non-surgical treatments of cancer chemotherapy are available. Although […]

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The Post-Chemotherapy Cancer Patient

A cancer diagnosis is terrifying. The questions, the fear and the concept of facing their own mortality are enough to paralyze even the strongest individual. In the not so distant past, the standard was surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation or some combination of the three and that was it. Then the patient played the waiting game […]

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How Effectively Combination Chemotherapy Works

Chemotherapy is a very useful and effective measure which will help you to treat cancer. This treatment works well when it is used with the combination of various chemotherapy drugs. This drug helps to kill the cancer cells and also helps to stop reproduction. The best approach utilized for treating cancer is the usage of […]

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You’ve Opted for Chemotherapy, Now What?

How to prepare yourself for treatment! Depending on the severity and type of cancer, you may have some time before starting treatment. If this is you, or someone you know, I would recommend the following 12 things to prepare. Preparation is the best way to get through this horrible ordeal. The biggest problem with having […]

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Chemotherapy and Bloodletting

The goal of chemotherapy is to kill part of a cancer patient’s body without killing the patient. It involves lethal drugs that do serious damage, hence the side effects. The drugs work by damaging the RNA or DNA that controls cell division. If cells are unable to divide, they die. Healthy cells grow back; hopefully […]

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Chemotherapy Disadvantages

The tendency of human cells is to develop, and the increase in the number of cells must take place continuously. This process inspires in the cells production and inactive cells are thus replaced. A particular process controls the human cells production and the cells are equally processed throughout the body. In few cases, the cell […]

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