Chemotherapy: A Treatment for Cancer

There are many different type of cancers, there are also many different types of treatments. One of the most known types of treatments would be chemotherapy. Chemotherapy can be used for a wide range of different types of cancers and diseases, and each of the different types of cancers or diseases require a different group, and sometimes order, of chemicals to properly treat the cancer or disease. These chemicals include: Alkylating agents, Antimetabolites, Anthracyclines, Topoisomerase inhibitors, mitotic inhibitors, corticosteroids, and more. Each of these drugs previously listed have its own cancer type(s) or disease(s) that it can assist in treating. Some of these cancers include: Leukemia, Lymphoma, Hodgkin disease, multiple myeloma, sarcoma, also types of lung, breast, intestinal tract, prostate, gastro intestinal, and ovarian cancers. However these chemicals and chemical mixtures can have their side effects.

Even though chemotherapy saves lives it, like other medicines, has its side effects. The side effects of chemotherapy, however, and more extreme than the ones you would see on the back of a medicine bottle. The most common side effects of chemo are nausea and vomiting, fatigue, hair loss, pain; such as headaches, muscle pain, stomach pain, and pain from nerve damage like burning, numbness, and shooting pains, all of which are most commonly felt in the fingers and toes; sores in the throat or mouth, diarrhea, constipation, and blood disorders. There is one specific side effect that patients worry about called chemo brain.

Chemo brain can be noticed by patients before, after, or during chemotherapy. Chemo brain is what happens when a cancer patient develops a cloudy memory. Cancer survivors who have, or have had c...

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... is only getting more successful, and that cure is chemotherapy. Chemotherapy does have its side effects but for the most part I believe it is worth the pain and suffering, mentally, emotionally, and physically to survive and overcome such a tragedy. Unfortunately the only cure we have for said illnesses can cause things like chemo brain which effects cancer patients, and survivors, memory. Chemo brain can make simple things more difficult for the cancer survivors. While these cancers and diseases are very deadly scientist, chemist, and oncologist are working extremely hard to make it more survivable than they have already made it. There are ways to help treat or prevent these illnesses naturally by simply eating healthy. They are also trying to advance the mixtures and uses of the chemicals to treat and prevent the cancer and diseases that were previously listed.