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Chemotherapy Counselling (Side Effects (Common: tiredness, N+V, Infection …
Chemotherapy Counselling
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How do they work?
Poisonous to cancer cells, kills cancer cells and stops them multiplying
Can use more than one in combination, as they act in different ways
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Can kill normal healthy cells, which causes side effects but normal cells renew quicker
Aim of chemo?
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Alongside, before or after main treatment (surgery)
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Tests
Baseline: Scans, ECG, blood tests
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Side Effects
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Hair loss - usually grows within 4-12 months, may lose eyebrows and eyelashes
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Mouth problems: ulcers, mucositis, loss of taste
Nerve problems: pins and needles, weakness
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