cancer
Chemotherapy and Other Systemic Cancer Treatments
Introduction
Systemic treatments are those that have effects throughout the body rather than being applied directly to the cancer. Chemotherapy is a form of systemic treatment that uses drugs to kill cancer cells or to stop them from growing. Systemic cancer therapy includes Hormonal therapy Chemotherapy (anti-cancer drugs) Targeted drug therapy Immune therapy Gene therapy Various other drugs for cancer Immunotherapy is a systemic cancer treatment that stimulates the body's Overview of the Immune System against cancer (see The number of approved cancer therapies is increasing rapidly. TheNational Cancer Institutemaintains an up-to-date list of drugs used to treat cancer. The list provides a brief summary of each drug's uses and links to additional information. Not all cancers respond to chemotherapy. The type of cancer determines which drugs are used, in what combination, and at what dose and schedule. Chemotherapy may be used as the sole treatment or combined with Radiation Therapy for Cancer , 