Chemotherapy for Pharyngeal Cancer
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Pharyngeal Cancer Treatment: Chemotherapy
Another conventional medicine used to treat pharyngeal cancer is chemotherapy. Treating pharyngeal cancer with chemotherapeutic drugs (often called anticancer drugs) can destroy the cancer cells by impeding their growth and reproduction. Administered intravenously, by injection or by mouth, chemotherapy drugs are either used alone or in conjunction with radiation therapy or surgery.
At Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), your cancer care team will use new approaches to reduce or moderate chemotherapy's side effects, which can include hair loss, nausea, vomiting, and mouth sores. One such option may be fractionated-dose chemotherapy, which can diminish common side effects, particularly nausea and vomiting.
Medical oncologists at CTCA continually revise chemotherapy protocols to apply advances in pharyngeal cancer treatment.
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