About Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is a type of treatment used to cure cancer. Cancer Chemotherapy uses drugs to destroy cancer cells that have spread in the patient’s body. The need for Chemotherapy generally arises in case of advanced cancer. Metastatic cancer generally grows beyond the point of its origin and affects other body parts that it comes in contact with. Chemotherapy helps reduce the size of the cancer so that only a minor surgery would be enough to remove the tumor.


The result of chemotherapy differs from patient to patient depending on the age of the patient, size, stage and severity of the cancer. Chemotherapy can have the following effects:

Control Cancer: Targeted chemotherapy helps the cancerous cells to reduce and slow down its growth. It controls the cells that have spread beyond the point of origin.

Cure Cancer: Chemotherapy helps a patient to recover by destroying the cancerous cells. This provides the patient with better survival chances.

Cancer is not always life threatening if detected in its early stages. It provides the physician with more treatment options to explore than just a few and thus giving better prognosis to the patient.

There are many celebrities and prominent people who have had gone through such horrific times but came out stronger and fitter. It requires mental toughness to see through such difficult times. Among few that we can derive inspiration from include, Yuvraj Singh, the southpaw and World Cup hero who has recently been diagnosed with malignant lung tumor. He is currently undergoing Chemotherapy in the US and his survival chances are stated to be bright.

Similarly, Australian captain Michael Clarke had a brush with low grade skin cancer in 2005. He had a growth on his nose that didn’t go away and since then he has had three growths removed from his face.

English great Geoff Boycott was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2002. He had four cancerous tumors around his voice box which required 35 sessions of radiotherapy to destroy the cancer entirely. He had had a horrifying time but today he is back behind the microphone to carry on with his commentary.

In case person detects any unusual development in his body he should not take it lightly and get in touch with the concerned physician. The physician if required will recommend chemotherapy pills to check if the cancer gets subsided if not he will ask you to follow a few sessions of chemotherapy depending upon the stage that your cancer is in. You will only gain if you cooperate with your doctor, don’t fear the treatment. It is only meant to do you good.
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