• Cancer cells multiply in an uncontrolled manner.
• Chemotherapy is drug therapy that can stop these cells from multiplying. However, it can also harm healthy cells, which causes side effects.
• Side effects from this treatment is varies depending on the type of chemotherapy, the common ones are nausea, vomiting, tiredness, feeling of warmness and hair loss. Modern treatment with anti vomiting medicine may help side effects. Healthy cells usually recover after chemotherapy, so most side effects gradually go away.

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The cancer treatment information is made possible through grant from Boeing.
The article has been reviewed by Associate Prof. Dr. Nur Aishah Binti Mohd Taib, Consultant Breast Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur