Chemotherapy is drug therapy that can stop cancer cells from multiplying. However, it can also harm healthy cells, which causes side effects.
Side effects from these treatments vary, but common ones are nausea, vomiting, tiredness, pain and hair loss. Healthy cells usually recover after chemotherapy, so most side effects gradually go away.
Sources:
Prof Dr Yip Cheng Har, Medical Option for Breast Cancer in HealthToday Magazine, October 2007.
National Cancer Registry Kuala Lumpur (2004). Cancer Incidence in Malaysia 2003.
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