Chemotherapy for lung cancer is used for different purposes depending on the type and stage of cancer you have. This includes achieving cancer remission, shrinking a tumor before surgery, killing ...

Coping with recovery from any type of cancer can be challenging, but those who have been through a Whipple procedure, followed by chemotherapy to treat pancreatic cancer, know, first hand, just what a ...

Chemo is a lifesaving treatment, but it also causes side effects in all of the body’s systems. After receiving a cancer diagnosis, your first reaction may be to ask your doctor about ...

Michael Strahan's daughter Isabella has been documenting her journey with brain cancer on her new YouTube channel, and is now taking her thousands of subscribers through her new road to chemotherapy.

Palliative chemotherapy may be used if you have incurable cancer to improve quality of life. Some cancer treatments are curative, while others are palliative. Palliative care relieves symptoms and ...

Chemotherapy uses anti cancer drugs to destroy cancer cells. Sometimes doctors use the word cytotoxic to describe the way chemotherapy works. Cytotoxic means toxic to cells. Some people may have ...

Novartis said it plans to share the Steer results with regulators, including the FDA, to seek approvals for OAV-101 IT. Grant said a submission is expected in the first half of 2025. Novartis had ...

Four in every 10 cancer patients treated with chemotherapy develop severe peripheral nerve pain, a new evidence review suggests. These patients might experience loss of balance and coordination ...

For many people, chemo is one of those necessary evils. It’s a treatment that – while sometimes highly unpleasant – is one of the main options during a cancer diagnosis. And while that can be ...