Comprehensive Cancer Care

Welcome to the Comprehensive Cancer Care website, the window to helpful information for your cancer care in our medical center. We wish you all the best and will strive to help you in every aspect of your care. Your feedback on our services is greatly appreciated. Here we provide overviews of the most common cancers, how they are diagnosed and treated, and details about the services offered by our medical center. We provide many services you may need such as surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, nutrition, physical therapy, social services, and more. Over 1.4 million people are expected to be diagnosed with cancer in the United States this year.* Many more are undergoing treatment or living cancer-free after treatment. If you have been newly diagnosed, there are decisions you may need to make about common cancer treatments. You’re not alone. Talk to a mental health professional or those who know what you’re going through.

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Chemotherapy

Depending on the situation and type of cancer, chemotherapy might be able:

To cure cancer
To keep cancer from spreading
To kill cells that may have spread to other parts of the body (metastasis)
To keep cancer from recurring
To relieve symptoms caused by cancer

Chemotherapy is the administration of drugs to treat cancer. These drugs are absorbed throughout the body and destroy rapidly dividing cells. Chemotherapy drugs preferentially kill cancer cells and may also affect normal cells such as hair and blood cells. There are hundreds of chemotherapy drug combinations, so that each person receives a chemotherapy plan unique to their diagnosis and medical condition.

Most chemotherapy is given intravenously (IV) through a tiny plastic catheter inserted with a needle into your arm or hand the day of treatment. Some types of chemotherapy require special types of venous access such as a port or PICC line. Some chemotherapy drugs are given by mouth or injection.

For more information about chemotherapy, read the Chemotherapy Orientation guide.
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