Chemotherapy - Treatment For Lung Cancer

The process of destroying the cancer cells by introducing the anti cancer drugs into the body is called Chemotherapy. This method can be performed for many types of cancers like lung, ovarian, liver, abdominal, neck and brain cancers as well. Lung cancer arises as a result of the improper growth of cells in the lungs. Lungs are the important organ in our body which purifies the air we breathe. So cancer produced in lungs could be producing breathing problems for us.

The drugs purposely employed for lung cancer is; Carboplatin and Taxol, germicitabine with cisplatin, vinorelbine and cisplatin. These drugs are normally injected into the body rather than taking orally. The treatment may be performed for few days and the patient will be asked to be in rest for few weeks. The treatment performed would be based on the stage of the disease.

Performing chemotherapy brings up so many side effects. The setback of chemotherapy is the side effects. It produces a reduction in the production of the white blood corpuscles (WBC). It is the WBC which is responsible for the protection of our body against infection. Its reduction will indicate that our body is open to all sorts the infections.

As the drugs not only destroy the cancer cells but also some healthy cells, the platelets produced in the body may reduce. These platelets are responsible for the clotting of blood in our body. It may result in unstopped bleeding.

Due to destruction of healthier cells, there may be tiredness, hair loss, sore mouth, vomiting, and anemia and so on. But most of the side effects will be present at the time of treatment, and they may disappear once the treatment gets over.