Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is a medical treatment method used to destroy cancer cells or control their growth. Cancer cells can multiply rapidly in a different way than normal cells. Chemotherapy works to control cancer by trying to kill cancer cells or prevent them from multiplying.

Chemotherapy usually involves drugs used to kill cancer cells. These drugs can reach and destroy cancer cells in different parts of the body. However, chemotherapy drugs don't just target cancer cells; Sometimes it can also damage normal, healthy cells. This may cause some side effects during treatment.

Chemotherapy involves a number of different drugs used to treat cancer, and these drugs can work in different ways. Some drugs can kill cancer cells directly, while others can inhibit the cells' ability to divide and multiply.

Chemotherapy treatment is often used to completely destroy the cancer or to keep the cancer under control, relieve symptoms, shrink cancer cells, or reduce tumor size before surgery. This treatment method is determined depending on the type of cancer, its stage and the general health condition of the patient.