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Post a new topicby contentuser on Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:54 am


Chemotherapy



Chemotherapy is a systemic treatment (travels throughout the body via the bloodstream) that often uses a combination of drugs to slow tumor growth and destroy cancer cells. Drugs may be administered orally or intravenously (through a needle in a vein). In some cases, chemotherapy drugs can cause an allergic or hypersensitivity reaction. These reactions, which may be severe and are triggered by an immune system response, can occur immediately or within hours or days of treat...Read the full article
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