What is chemotherapy made up of?
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What is chemotherapy made up of?
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Dr. Bahman Daneshfar
Radiation Oncology
In brief: Medicines
These are drugs and medications that are given by intravenous, intraarterial, or oral routes in most cases.
The drugs are made by companies (pharmaceutical) who manufacture them from chemicals and molecules.
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Dr. Devon Webster
Internal Medicine - Oncology
In brief: Different medicines
Chemotherapy is a group of medicines, given through the vein or by mouth, that can kill cancer cells.
The first "chemotherapy" was a chemical used in warfare, which is how it got the name. The medicines block different pathways used by the cancer cell to survive. There are hundreds of different chemotherapy medicines.
In brief: Different medicines
Chemotherapy is a group of medicines, given through the vein or by mouth, that can kill cancer cells.
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Dr. Ritesh Rathore
Internal Medicine - Hematology & Oncology
In brief: Chemicals
Chemotherapy consists of chemicals made in the lab or from naturally occuring substances.
These chemicals are manifactured like other drugs such as antibiotics but they preferably attack and damage cancer cells causing them to be damaged and their subsequent death.
In brief: Chemicals
Chemotherapy consists of chemicals made in the lab or from naturally occuring substances.
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