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What is the normal range of the white blood count for a patient who is undergoing chemotherapy treatment?
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The normal white blood cell (WBC) count range is 5000-10000. Chemotherapy usually lowers your white cell count, but some types of chemo are much harder on your white cell count than others. The WBC generally drops during the 7-10 days after chemo then starts to rise again so that it is above 3000 within 3 weeks. That is a general rule. Some chemo regimens affect the WBC very little.
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What do you mean by chemotherapy?
Chemotherapy is a type of treatment for cancer that involves killing large collections of cells to destroy cancer cells and heal the patient, although this also kills normal cells and makes the patient feel ill, and also lose hair.
Does chemotherapy affect the level of a PSA prostate test. I had chemotherapy for T cell Lymphoma 4 months ago.?
After getting chemotherapy treatment for your T cell lymphoma 4 months ago, your PSA level should have been really low after your prostate test. It is normal for your PSA levels to fluctuate quite a bit after treatment though.
What precautions need to be taken when using chemotherapy to treat cancer?
Chemotherapy usually causes destruction of normal cells, and cancer cells can become immune to chemical destruction. Side effects and patient tolerance issues typically are anticipated and dosages may have to be.
How do different cancer fighting drugs kill cancer cells by interrupting the cell cycle?
How does chemotherapy work? Normal cells in the body are constantly dividing to produce new cells in order to replace cells which are damaged or worn out. This process of normal cell division is very precisely controlled so that the number of new cells produced exactly matches the number of cells that need to be replaced. A cancer develops when a cell, or group of cells, escape from the normal control process and begin to divide and multiply in a random fashion which leads to an excessive number of cells being produced. Chemotherapy simply means treatment with drugs and can be used to describe the use of drugs in any illness. In cancer treatment 'chemotherapy' is shorthand for 'cytotoxic chemotherapy', the 'cytotoxics' being the main group of drugs used against cancer. The word cytotoxic means 'cell poison' and this actually describes how the drugs work. Cytotoxic drugs interfere with the process of cell reproduction so that when cancer cells come to reproduce (by dividing into two) they are unable to do so and die off. At the present time there are about a hundred different cytotoxic drugs approved for cancer treatment. All of these act in one way or another to interfere with the process of cell division. Unfortunately none of these drugs can tell the difference between normal cells and cancer cells. So they will all affect the reproduction of normal cells as well as cancer cells. This is why cytotoxic chemotherapy often causes unpleasant side-effects. Normal cells will usually recover from the effects of a dose of cytotoxic chemotherapy far more quickly than cancer cells. This is why chemotherapy is often given a number of short courses, with several weeks in between each course to allow for normal cells to recover. In this way treatment can be given which destroys cancer cells but causes no lasting injury to normal cells. Different cancers respond differently to cytotoxic chemotherapy. Some are very sensitive and can be cured with drug treatment. Others often respond to chemotherapy but are not sensitive enough to achieve cure. In these situations chemotherapy is given with the hope of prolonging good quality life. Others, despite all the different drugs available, remain almost completely resistant and unaffected by cytotoxic treatment. The great majority of drug treatment for cancer involves the use of cytotoxic drugs but there are a few types of cancer where treatment with hormones may also be helpful. This is considered in a separate question on hormone therapy for cancer.
What is the the use of drugs to kill cancer cells?
I think chemotherapy.
What is a common form of anorexia treatment?
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is a common form of anorexia treatment. This therapy's goal is to change the unreal vision of the patient while restructuring a normal eating pattern.
How is chemotherapy made?
Chemotherapy refers to the use of cytotoxic drugs in cancer treatment.'Chemo' means medicine or 'drug''therapy' means 'treatment'. Chemotherapeutic agents or drugs are 'magic bullets' that destroy the fast-dividing cancer cells. However these drugs are unable to differentiate between the normal cells and the cancer cells and they destroy the former too, in their war against cancer. This leads to certain side effects.
What are the treatments of myxedema?
For myxedema coma, treatment may include breathing assistance and helping to get a patient's body temperature back to normal. Until it is determined that there isn't an infection in the body, a patient will be given antibiotics.
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Why do prefer to remove tumors rather than treat them with radiation and chemotherapy?
Radiation And Chemotherapy can also Damage or Kill normal healthy cells.
Why do doctors prefer to remove tumors than treat them with radiation and chemotherapy?
Radiation And Chemotherapy can also Damage or Kill normal healthy cells.
Why do doctors preferred to remove tumors rather than treat them with radiation and chemotherapy?
Radiation And Chemotherapy can also Damage or Kill normal healthy cells.
