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Chemotherapy Research Paper

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Cancer makes a person race against the clock for their life. This life threatening disease requires serious medical treatment to control. One of the first questions people diagnosed cancer always want answered is the options for treatment. Two common treatments for most types of cancer are chemotherapy and radiation. Even though there are distinct differences in administration and side effects of these treatments, chemotherapy and radiation are similar in purpose, fighting cancer.
The first commonly known type of treatment is chemotherapy. This treatment attacks enzymes that duplicate cancer cells by the distribution of various medicines and chemicals administered (Kane 1107). According to Laurie Adams EdD, “the emergence of chemotherapy …show more content…

A schedule for treatment distribution is determined by the type of cancer a patient has (“Chemotherapy and You” 2). The use of the treatment could take weeks to possibly years until the cancer is cured or until the spreading of the cells has stopped. If a patient receives cancer through an IV, one treatment could last anywhere from one to five hours. Researchers have been working on reducing chemotherapy treatment time through IV. According to a study by Lamm et al. on preparation for chemotherapy treatments, “472 preparations had a complete time–motion data analysis log and thus were included in the study. The mean turnaround time for all chemotherapy preparations decreased from 60 to 44 minutes” (1141). The decrease in time is more sufficient to the patient’s life and the treatment’s overall …show more content…

“About 60% of people with cancer get radiation therapy” (“Radiation and You” 1). This treatment is used to shrink cancerous tumors and stop cancer from spreading by using beams of ultraviolet rays (Roses et al. 202). Three dimensional radiation, which is taking an image and making is into a life size scale was developed to save normal internal tissue while designating tumors for direct radiation contact (Lee et al. 1). Radiation is used in two ways, internally and externally. Internal radiation goes deep inside the body to contact the cancer while external radiation works outside the body on the surface of the skin in the infected area (“Radiation and You” 2). Although there is more than one way to receive radiation therapy, the doctor is the one who decides the way a patient will receive

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