Vaginal Cancer Treatments – Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy for Vaginal Cancer

Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to treat all different types of cancers, including vaginal cancer. Often called anti-cancer drugs, chemotherapy drugs work by either destroying or interfering with the ability of vaginal cancer cells to grow and reproduce. Chemotherapy drugs can be administered by mouth (orally), IV (intravenously), or by injection. Based on your unique needs as a patient, chemotherapy may be used alone, or in combination other vaginal cancer treatments (e.g., radiation therapy).

Traditional chemotherapy for vaginal cancer can cause unpleasant side effects, such as nausea, vomiting, hair loss, and mouth sores. At Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), we are dedicated to exploring promising new chemotherapy delivery methods that can help mitigate and manage adverse side effects. 

Fractionated dose chemotherapy is one example of how our cancer doctors can help make your vaginal cancer treatment more manageable. By administering smaller doses of anti-cancer drugs over a longer period of time, this type of vaginal cancer chemotherapy may help reduce side effects like nausea and vomiting, which can occur when larger doses of chemotherapy drugs are given all at once.  

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