CHEMOTHERAPY

Chemotherapy - a common term which usually refers to the use of specific chemicals/medications to treat several diseases. More precisely, it is known to be the curative treatment for cancer. Through the use of these chemicals/medications i.e. Chemotherapy; one can see a rapid decrease of cancerous cells present within the body. Also, chemotherapy often includes the use of medications and antibiotics for the treatment of various other illnesses. 

Chemotherapy along with other treatments can be used such as physical exercise. The cancer patients who frequently exercise after their routine chemotherapy sessions have a much lesser threat of cancer reappearance.

Today, the use of cytotoxic medicines help precludes cancer cells from growing more. Whenever a health practitioner talks about the treatment of cancer as chemotherapy, they are basically referring more to cytotoxic medication. Moreover, the Genetic testing is helping health professionals to target chemotherapy more precisely.

According to the study led by the investigators in Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering and Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center- “By studying the patterns in which light bounces off the surfaces of cells, researches may be able to assess chemotherapy’s success in triggering cancer cell death”.