Most people have had some type of chemotherapy for illness during their lives - for example, taking penicillin for an infection. Today, the word "chemotherapy" is used most often to describe a method of
In the early days, chemotherapy was considered a last resort to be used only in terminal cases when all else had failed to cure a cancer. When it...
As a medical oncologist, I recently met with a breast cancer patient and her breast surgeon to determine the best course of treatment for... Read more »
It’s more than ten years too late to help me, but maybe I didn’t need chemotherapy after all. A new study in the Journal of the... Read more »
When oncologists determine a course of treatment for breast cancer patients, consideration is first given to life saving measures followed... Read more »
Except with certain types of breast cancer (such as inflammatory); or in certain cases where advanced cancer has generated a tumor so large... Read more »
I first went through chemotherapy from March to June of 2006. I did just six rounds, and it was about the hardest thing I have ever had to... Read more »
After my breast cancer diagnosis and lumpectomy, I believed that, unlike other women with my diagnosis, I did not need chemotherapy -- that my cancer... Read more »
Q. What with all the side effects I had during chemotherapy, I really wasn’t in the mood for sex very often. And now that I’m done with chemo,... Read more »
If you were born in my era (mid – 1950s) the word “cancer” was spoken quietly and with great fear. In fact, the only thing more frightening was... Read more »
Many survivors of breast cancer report having decreased sexual desire and drive. There are often several possible causes of diminished sex drive in... Read more »
Part II: Managing Through Treatment Ready, Set, Go Before each chemo session, a nurse will draw blood to check your blood counts. If they are not in... Read more »