About this book chemotherapy and you is written for you—someone who is about to receive or is now receiving chemotherapy for cancer Your family, friends, and others close to you may also want to read this book This book is a guide you can refer to throughout your chemotherapy treatment. Here are resources specifically for chemotherapy drugs and regimens Intravenous cancer education hopa collaborates with national community oncology dispensing association, inc (ncoda), oncology nursing society (ons) and association of community cancer centers (accc) to maintain the intravenous cancer treatment education (ive) website.
Basic information chemotherapy (chemo) is the use of medicines to treat cancer Chemo may cure or control the spread of or relieve symptoms from cancer It kills or slows the growth of the primary cancer It also works in the body against cancer cells that have spread (metastasized) from the primary location of the cancer.
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