Chemotherapy2017-09-11T14:13:45+00:00

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy or “chemo” is the delivery of drugs/medicines (anti-cancer /cytotoxic) destroy cancer cells.

Chemotherapy differs from surgery or radiation in that it’s almost always used as a systemic treatment. This means the drugs travel throughout the body to reach cancer cells wherever they are.

Cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs disrupt the way cancer cells grow and divide but they also affect normal cells. These healthy cells can usually repair damage caused by chemotherapy but cancer cells can’t and eventually die. Sometimes chemotherapy is used alone to treat some types of cancer. But often it’s used with other treatments such as surgery, radiotherapy, hormonal therapy, or other anti-cancer drugs such as targeted or biological therapies.

Chemotherapy or “chemo” is the delivery of drugs/medicines (anti-cancer /cytotoxic) destroy cancer cells.

Chemotherapy differs from surgery or radiation in that it’s almost always used as a systemic treatment. This means the drugs travel throughout the body to reach cancer cells wherever they are.

Cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs disrupt the way cancer cells grow and divide but they also affect normal cells. These healthy cells can usually repair damage caused by chemotherapy but cancer cells can’t and eventually die. Sometimes chemotherapy is used alone to treat some types of cancer. But often it’s used with other treatments such as surgery, radiotherapy, hormonal therapy, or other anti-cancer drugs such as targeted or biological therapies.

Treatment is received in a comfortable and personal space, a place of rest, reflection and release, with staff with you at all times throughout the treatment.  Your treatment is carefully planned by the oncologists who will explain the treatment in its entirety.  Chemotherapy is usually given as several sessions of treatment, with rest periods in between.

The Chemotherapy Department at St Stephen Health Care has 10 chemotherapy stations including one private bed for treatment.

Treatment is received in a comfortable and personal space, a place of rest, reflection and release, with staff with you at all times throughout the treatment.  Your treatment is carefully planned by the oncologists who will explain the treatment in its entirety.  Chemotherapy is usually given as several sessions of treatment, with rest periods in between.

The Chemotherapy Department at St Stephen Health Care has 10 chemotherapy stations including one private bed for treatment.