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    are about 250000 to 400000 people who receive chemotherapy each year. Health care professionals know the side effects that the chemotherapy cause and they understand the benefits that they offer. They prevent, detect, diagnose, control, and treat the cancer by minimizing the psychological impacts of the disease and its treatment, and to improve the patients’ quality of life. Cancer can’t be cured, but it may be controlled for a time by chemotherapy. Its goal is to stop or slow down the growth of

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    Chemotherapy is the use of medicines and strong drugs to fight the cancer. Chemotherapy is all based around the person getting the treatment, as there are over one hundred different chemo drugs that are used by doctors to use for different situations. The factors that go into choosing the drugs

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    Cancer is the one of those diseases which has high mortality rates in Pakistan. Most of these cases are diagnosed in advanced stages. Chemotherapy is one of the treatment components of cancer patients and electrolyte abnormalities are one of its common side effect. Electrolyte abnormalities are frequent and complicating element of cancer, these abnormalities may be due to underlying malignancy, a consequence of disease response or side effect of therapeutic agents, these side effects can be hazardous

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    chemotherapeutic drugs and radiation treatment. Hyperthermia treatment elevates the tissue temperature between 40 °C and 45 °C, for altering the functional and structural properties of enzymatic proteins that make tumour more sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy. Thermal

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    According to Perry & Potter, chemotherapy is a certain chemical given as a systemic therapy to control her cancer. It stops cells from dividing by trapping them in the “G0” phase. There are two major classifications of chemotherapy drugs, but you will probably be given a combination of the two (2013). Perry and Potter go on to say that you may be given the medication by mouth, a shot, an IV, through the artery, directly to the cavity in which the cancer is located, or through a lumbar puncture (2013)

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    In photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT), a combination of a photoresponsive agent and visible light causes selective destruction of microbial cells such as bacteria, fungi and viruses (Dougherty et al., 1998; Kalka et al., 2000; Konan et al., 2002). A number of studies have shown PACT to be highly effective in the in vitro destruction of viruses and protozoa, as well as Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and fungi. The ability of visible light-photosensitising agent combinations to

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    There is a wide range or types of cancers with different types of side effects, treatments can be used to help decrease the type of tumor. Chemotherapy provides chemicals that can kill those individual cells. While the surgical procedure works by removing the tumor directly. And Radiation provides x-rays to kill individual cells.Cancers are not contagious in any way, because the cancer is internal and are in no way, shape, or form like a flu or a cold. Tumor cells display increased metabolic autonomy

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    Cognitive changes with cancer patient and cancer treatment especially chemotherapy have become an important issue which can be dating back to 1980s but the researchers paid attention to this topic at the mid of 1990s and many studies conducted to discuss the relationship between chemotherapy and cognitive changes among cancer patient treated by chemotherapy. Two studies conducted in 2012 and 2015 to find out the relation between chemotherapy and cognitive function. Concluded that the cognitive dysfunction

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    calling the doctor if you're unable to. Having cancer means that some days you will be too weak to do what you need, so you will need someone else to help you with these responsibilities. Before you begin chemotherapy treatment, it may be wise to shave your head. As many people know, chemotherapy makes your hair fall out. What people do not know is that it does not all come out at

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    in hopes of finding a cure. Of all the forms of treatment patients undergo, the most familiar of them would be chemotherapy. Even though it is most commonly used, there has been debate on whether chemotherapy is the best treatment option. When treating cancer, there are more options to improve the chance of living and quality of life that does not include chemotherapy. Chemotherapy, as well as other cancer treatments, aims to help the patient overcome this disease. Even though chemo is used

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