{"id":2331,"date":"2020-04-05T11:33:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T10:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imedicalsociety.org\/?p=2331"},"modified":"2020-11-24T15:17:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T14:17:40","slug":"chemotherapy-for-mesothelioma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imedicalsociety.org\/chemotherapy-for-mesothelioma\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemotherapy For Mesothelioma"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chemotherapy for mesothelioma is a treatment<\/a> approach that involves taking drugs to fight cancer (Source<\/a>). The drugs are either taken alone (pill form or injection) or taken together with a surgical process or radiation (Source<\/a>). There is always a laid down instruction for taking the drugs which must be carried out meticulously (Source<\/a>).<\/p>\n The drugs affect the cells in the body causing the patient to fall sick. This pharmacotherapy continues until the patient no longer falls sick after drugs are administered.<\/p>\n Chemotherapy comes with its side effects, some of which are: tiredness, hemorrhage, nausea, diarrhea, loss of weight, loss of hair, and vomiting (Source<\/a>).<\/p>\n Chemotherapy is mainly focused on getting rid of the malignant cells and tumors. The drugs stop the cells from dividing and produces new cells instead. However, the major issue chemotherapy has is that there\u2019s a possibility for the healthy cells also to be affected by the treatment process.<\/p>\n Hair follicles, for example, can be damaged by this and often leads to hair loss. Chemotherapy is a good way to impair the cancer spread, break down the tumor size, thereby increasing the lifespan of the patient.<\/p>\n