Q. I’ve just found out I have to have chemotherapy. The doctor said it’s AT. What does that mean, exactly? A. AT is one of the types... Read more »
Q. I’ve been diagnosed with node-positive breast cancer, and the doctor says I’ll be having chemotherapy: AàCMF, is how he wrote it... Read more »
Q. I'm scheduled to have chemotherapy. The doctor says it's AC. I can't remember all the details... A. AC is one of the five most common... Read more »
Q. I’m having FEC chemotherapy, which all I know involves three barely pronounceable words. What is it?A. Have you heard about FEC in the... Read more »
Q. I was hoping to avoid it, but no such luck: I have to have chemotherapy. What's this CMF the doctor says I'll be having? A. CMF is... 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 »
Source: Breastcancer.org
Certain chemotherapies can force the ovaries into retirement within a few months of treatment: This is medical menopause. Fifty percent of women... Read more »
Source: Breastcancer.org
Many studies have shown that giving chemotherapy — and possibly targeted therapy — before surgery for inflammatory breast cancer is better than... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
ChemotherapyChemotherapy drugs are "cytotoxic" (cell-killing) drugs. They are given orally or by injection. They work systemically by killing cancer... Read more »
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