Mesothelioma Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is one of the most widely used treatments for cancers of all types. Literally meaning "chemical therapy", it was developed in the 1940s and, today, more than 100 chemo drugs are on the market.
Chemotherapy uses certain medications to kill cancer cells and stop them from multiplying. A number of different chemo drugs can be used to treat mesothelioma, though some have been discovered to be more successful than others.
Often, chemo is used for mesothelioma patients in conjunction with other standard therapies such as mesothelioma radiation. It may also be used before mesothelioma surgery or after the surgery to eliminate any cancer that remains after the procedure is complete.
Chemotherapy, over the years, has elicited fear in many patients. Everyone has heard the horror stories about the nasty side effects of the treatment, and though newer chemo drugs carry fewer side effects, getting a course of chemo treatment is generally not a pleasant experience.
Those with mesothelioma cancer to whom chemotherapy is recommended for palliative reasons need to carefully consider these side effects before agreeing to the treatment, weighing the positives and negatives and how the treatment will impact quality of life
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