is chemotherapy good for cancer patients ??? is there any side effects?

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A: There are only 3 types treatments given for the Cancer Patients - they are Surgery, Chemotherapy and Radiation therapy. These treatments are given for the benefit of the patients though they have many bad side effect and there is no other alternative but to have it as may be required by the kind of cancer and other factors. The main purpose of chemotherapy is to kill cancer cells. It can be used as the primary form of treatment or as a supplement to other treatments. Chemotherapy is often used to treat patients with cancer that has spread from the place in the body where it started (metastasized), but it may also be used the keep cancer from coming back (adjuvant therapy). Chemotherapy destroys cancer cells anywhere in the body. It even kills cells that have broken off from the main tumor and traveled through the blood or lymph systems to other parts of the body. Chemotherapy can cure some types of cancer. In some cases, it is used to slow the growth of cancer cells or to keep the cancer from spreading to other parts of the body. When a cancer has been removed by surgery, chemotherapy may be used to keep the cancer from coming back (adjuvant therapy). It is also helpful in reducing the tumor size prior to surgery (primary [neoadjuvant] chemotherapy). Chemotherapy can ease the symptoms of cancer (palliate), helping some patients have a better quality of life. Some chemotherapy drugs have more side effects than others. Among the most common side effects are: - fatigue - nausea and vomiting - loss of appetite - diarrhea - hair loss - anemia - infection - easy bleeding or bruising - sores in the mouth and throat - neuropathy and other damage to the nervous system - kidney damage Most of the time the side effects make the patients more sick and it is necessary to put up with them, in order to get some betterment in health.-

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