chemotherapy Stories
Cassandra Fortin, 17, was forced to receive chemotherapy despite wanting to seek alternative treatment. In fact, most states find minors are too immature to make their own medical decisions.
Anthracycline-based chemotherapy, including commonly used doxorubicin, has negligible cardiac toxicity in women whose tumors have BRCA1/2 mutations.
The way our bodies function during the day could interfere with some cancer medicines, including lapatinib.
New research shows that babies in the womb are unharmed if the mother undergoes chemotherapy for cancer during pregnancy.