Joe Lhota

The bracelet says 'Fear Nothing.' It was given to me by my friends, and it was made for me and my friends during the period of time that I was going through chemotherapy. And I still wear it, because it's a great reminder of friendship and how my buddies and others came together in my time of need.

American Politician

Yuvraj Singh

When I was going through my chemotherapy, I realized not many people are willing to talk about cancer, even after getting fully cured. Celebrities and educated people are also very protective and private about it. I still haven't understood why. I decided to fight my battle out in the public.

Indian Athlete

Sam Taylor-Johnson

People tell you you're having chemotherapy, but there are different types of chemotherapy, and you don't know which one you're going to get and how it's going to affect you. The people in the hospitals don't always have time to help you understand it.

English Director

Siddhartha Mukherjee

In a spiritual sense, a positive attitude may help you get through chemotherapy and surgery and radiation and what have you. But a positive mental attitude does not cure cancer - any more than a negative mental attitude causes cancer.

Indian Scientist

Julia Glass

Chemotherapy can be a long, tough haul - for me, it went on for six months - and the best doctors and nurses become, if only for that period of time, as essential in your life as friends or spouses.

American Novelist

Lois Capps

I simply cannot see how denying chemotherapy treatment for Palestinian children increases Israel's security or advances U.S. national interests.

Michael Douglas

Chemotherapy takes its toll; the more you keep doing it, you lose your energy, and it gets more difficult to swallow.

American Actor

Nancy Reagan

I couldn't possibly lead the kind of life I lead, and keep the schedule that I do, having radiation or chemotherapy.

American First Lady

Christopher Hitchens

American Author

Melissa Etheridge

American Musician

Chemotherapy often involves multiple sessions and can cause side effects.

Treatment Process

Chemotherapy is not a cure but a treatment associated with managing cancer.

Associated Conditions

The term may evoke emotions of fear or hope in those affected by cancer.

Emotional Weight

 She went through surgery and radiation, and was on her third round of chemotherapy when she lost her address book. She tried to look up her oncologist's phone number on the Internet and she found it, but she found something else too. On several websites, he was listed as a highly paid speaker to a drug company, and in fact often spoke on behalf

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 then a special treatment, like chemotherapy, may also be required to stop the cancer from escalating. We can also take on certain habits to reduce our likelihood of developing colon cancer in the first place. There's evidence that maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking, and being physically active can help.

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 and are therefore more exposed to the effects of chemo drugs. That leads to several common side effects of chemotherapy, including hair loss, fatigue, infertility, nausea, and vomiting. Doctors commonly prescribe options to help manage these side-effects, such as strong anti-nausea medications.

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 by feeding it lots of antioxidants and supplements. But that's just not how the immune system works. While the immune system can be suppressed and can be less effective -- for example, in people receiving chemotherapy -- the reverse, strengthening the system overall,

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 when my middle son ezra was two he was diagnosed with leukemia and he had to undergo chemotherapy there's nothing like thinking that your child might not live and that really changed me as a person and as a parent it gave me just such an appreciation for

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 high dose radiation to the head and first-line chemotherapy, and that had failed and their tumors had grown back. We divided the patients into two groups. The first group received second-line chemotherapy, which is expected to double the life expectancy,

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 Cancer cells are masters of adaptation, adjusting their molecular and cellular characteristics to survive under stress. When they're bombarded by radiation or chemotherapy, some cancer cells can effectively switch on protective shields

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 She went through many months of harsh chemotherapy and painful surgeries, and then just as she was ready to jump back into the dating world, she found a lump in her other breast and had to do it all over again. Kathy recovered, though,

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 We use them to cure infectious diseases, but also to safely facilitate everything from surgery to chemotherapy to organ transplants. Without antibiotics, even routine medical procedures can lead to life-threatening infections.

Chemotherapy

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