Chemotherapy for Stomach Cancer
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Stomach Cancer Treatment: Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is a treatment for stomach cancer which uses drugs to destroy stomach cancer cells. Also called "anticancer" drugs, chemotherapy drugs work against stomach cancer cells either by destroying them outright, or by impeding their ability to reproduce and grow. Chemotherapy drugs are given intravenously, by injection or by mouth. Chemotherapy is often used alone. It may also be combined with other conventional stomach cancer treatments of radiation therapy and/or surgery.
At Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), we work to help reduce unpleasant side effects which are often associated with using chemotherapy as a stomach cancer treatment. New approaches to chemotherapy, such as fractionated-dose chemotherapy and others, can help mitigate common side effects such as nausea, vomiting, hair loss and mouth sores.
As part of our whole-patient approach to stomach cancer treatment, CTCA also offers complementary and alternative medicines that can also lessen chemotherapy side effects by strengthening your body so it is better able to respond to chemotherapy drugs.
In addition to offering many standard chemotherapy protocols for stomach cancer treatment, our medical oncologists offer the latest chemo treatments as they become available.
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