Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is a category of drugs that are used to kill cancer cells. They are often called “anticancer” drugs. Anticancer drugs destroy cancer cells by stopping them from growing or multiplying. Healthy cells can also be impacted by chemotherapy, which is why people experience side effects during chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is used:
To cure the cancer
To control the cancer’s growth or slow the cancer’s growth
To keep the cancer from spreading or to destroy cancer cells that have spread to other parts of the body
To relieve symptoms that the cancer may cause such as pain.
Chemotherapy is given in the following ways:
As a pill to swallow
As an injection into a muscle or fat tissue
Intravenously or into a vein. In this manner a thin needle is placed into a vein on your hand or arm. These treatments can last from 30 minutes up to eight hours.
Into a port, catheter, or pump when you are getting many treatments in a short period of time. These devices replace the need to stick a needle into your hand or arm.
Topically on the surface of the skin
Remember – your medical oncology team will provide you with all the details that you will need to successfully complete your treatment.
Radiation Therapy
Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy is a common treatment for cancer. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays, gamma rays, radioactive isotopes, or electron beams to kill cancer cells. Because radiation can also harm healthy cells, doctors carefully limit the amount of radiation you receive by spreading the treatments out over a specific period of time. Radiation is generally given daily five days a week and the length of treatment can range from one to eight weeks. Your board-certified radiation
oncologist will develop your treatment plan after evaluating your tumor type, dosage needed, and type of radiation therapy that should be used.
Radiation Therapy is used to:
Cure the cancer by destroying the cancer cells from direct contact
Control the cancer by damaging the cancer cells chromosome and DNA and preventing the cancer cells from dividing
Relieve symptoms that cancer may cause such as pain and/or pressure. appointment. During this appointment your doctors will plan your treatment using x-rays, CT scans, or other imaging techniques. During the simulation appointment you will also lie on a table and the area of your body that is going to receive the radiation is determined. Although the simulation appointment can last up to two hours, the actual radiation treatments will take only a few minutes. It is important to remember
that external radiation does not cause your body to become radioactive. Your family and friends will not be in any danger being around you while you are being treated with radiation therapy.
2. Internal radiation is also called brachytherapy or interstitial radiation. This type of treatment allows your doctors to deliver high doses of radiation to the tumor with minimal exposure to surrounding tissue. The type of implant and the method used for the implant will be determined by your doctor and depends on the
size and location of the tumor.
Remember – your radiation oncology team will provide you with all the details that you will need to successfully complete your treatment.
The Two Forms of Radiation Therapy are:
1. External Beam radiation is given from a machine that is outside of your body. This machine does not touch your skin or the cancer tumor. Instead it aims radiation through the skin directly at the tumor and the surrounding tissue to destroy the cancer tumor and any nearby cancer cells. Before your radiation treatment
begins, you will have to come into the radiation oncology department for a simulationappointment.During this appointment your doctors will plan your treatment using x-rays, CT scans, or other imaging techniques. During the simulation appointment you will also lie on a table and the area of your body that is going to receive the radiation is determined. Although the simulation appointment can last up to two hours, the actual radiation treatments will take only a few minutes. It is important to remember that external radiation does not cause your body to become radioactive. Your family and friends will not be in any danger being around you while you are being treated with radiation therapy.
2. Internal radiation is also called brachytherapy or interstitial radiation. This type of treatment allows your doctors to deliver high doses of radiation to the tumor with minimal exposure to surrounding tissue. The type of implant and the method used for the implant will be determined by your doctor and depends on the
size and location of the tumor.
Remember – your radiation oncology team will provide you with all the details that you will need to successfully complete your treatment.
Moving Forward After Cancer
Many cancer survivors report that while they felt they had lots of information and support during their illness, once treatment stopped, they entered a whole new world – one filled with new questions. While cancer is a major event for all who are diagnosed, it brings with it the chance for growth. As hard as treatment can be, many cancer survivors report that the experience led them to make important changes in their lives. Many say they now take time to appreciate each new day. They also have learned how to take better care of themselves and value how others care for them.Others draw from their experience to become advocates to improve cancer research, treatment, and care. Those who have gone through cancer treatment describe the first few months as a time of change. It’s not so much “getting back to normal” as it is finding out what’s normal for you now. People often say that life has new meaning or that they look at things differently now. You can also expect things to keep changing as you begin your recovery.
Our Psychosocial Services team has expertise in assisting people as they move forward after cancer treatment ends. Please know that you are not alone. In fact, there are over 12 million people living with and beyond cancer in the United States today!
If you start to notice you are having difficulty dealing with worry, try to utilize these following statements and strategies:
I have a doctor that I can count on to help me with this.
It is unlikely that this is cancer
I was screened ____ months ago and things were fine
If I have this in two weeks, I will go to my doctor.
I can always go to my doctor sooner if I need reassurance.
I can call my friends, who always help me feel better.
I’m going to stop thinking about this, until two weeks have passed.
I’m going to do something that I enjoy!
I’m going to write this all down in my journal and leave it.
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