The cancers that have the lowest survival rate include mesothelioma (7.2%), pancreatic cancer (7.3%) and brain cancer (12.8%).
The cancers that have the highest survival rates are testicular cancer (97%), melanoma of skin (92.3%) and prostate cancer (88%).
Some of the deadliest cancers are Prostate Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer and Lung Cancer.
Some cancers are not curable because no cure has been found yet for those types of cancers.
Also certain types of cancers are more fast growing and never fully go away even with chemo and other cancer treatments.
Some cancers respond well and go away with chemo and cancer treatments but certain types of cancers come back over and over even with cancer treatment or chemo.
There may be a cure for those cancer types in the future but right now there's no cure for all types of cancer.
The genetic mutations that cancer cells acquire over time mean that the cells change the way they behave.
This can be an incredibly difficult problem during treatment because the mutations can lead to cancer cells developing resistance to a treatment over time, making it ineffective.
Some cancers that are related and are genetically related cancers are.
Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome.
Lynch syndrome MLH1 MSH2 MSH6 PMS2 EPCAM.
Familial adenomatous polyposis syndrome APC.
MUTYH-associated adenomatous polyposis syndrome.
Cancers that are hereditary include.
Breast cancer.
Colon cancer.
Prostate cancer.
Ovarian cancer.
Uterine cancer.
Melanoma (a type of skin cancer)
Pancreatic cancer.
Cancers start and develop when your body's normal control mechanism stops working.
When this happens old cells do not die and instead grow out of control, forming new, abnormal cells.
Then these extra cells may form a mass of tissue, called a tumor.
All cancers begin in cells.
Our bodies are made up of more than a hundred million million (100,000,000,000,000) cells.
Cancer starts with changes in one cell or a small group of cells.
Some types of cancer can be somewhat preventable although cancer is not 100 percent preventable.
You can try to prevent cancer by doing things such as managing the risk factors for cancer which include your diet, physical activity and other lifestyle choices which can lower your chances of developing cancer.
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, but many kinds of cancer can be prevented or caught early.
Leading risk factors for preventable cancers are smoking, getting too much UV radiation from the sun or tanning beds, being overweight or having obesity, and drinking too much alcohol.
Chemo can prolong your life for a few years to as long as 10 years or sometimes longer.
Some cancers can actually be fully cured and go away with chemo treatment and then you can live a long life afterwards.
However some forms of cancer may still not fully go away and continued chemo treatment is needed to keep you alive.
Chemotherapy is often given for a specific time, such as 6 months or a year.
Or you might receive chemotherapy for as long as it works.
Side effects from many drugs are too severe to give treatment every day.
Doctors usually give these drugs with breaks, so you have time to rest and recover before the next treatment.
The length of time for chemotherapy regimens can range from 5 minutes to 8 or more hours.
It all depends on the chemotherapy.
Throughout the chemotherapy, your nurse will come in and check your vitals and make sure you aren't reacting to the medications.
Chemotherapy is a drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cells in your body.
Chemotherapy is most often used to treat cancer, since cancer cells grow and multiply much more quickly than most cells in the body.
Many different chemotherapy drugs are available.
IV chemotherapy should not cause any pain while being administered.
If you experience pain, contact the nurse taking care of you to check your IV line.
An exception would be if there is a leak and the drug gets into surrounding tissues.
What happens after your last chemo treatment your white blood cell count will go down.
However the white blood cell count should start to go back to normal about a month after your last treatment.
Your red blood cell count may also go down, although it should go back to normal around the same time.
After having a chemotherapy treatment the chemo usually stops working after 3 days although if the chemo is working to kill the cancer then you only need to have the chemotherapy again when the doctor says you need the treatment again.
The chemotherapy course usually lasts 3–6 months, although this can vary.
The timing depends on various factors, including the type and stage of cancer, the person's overall health, and the type of chemotherapy drug that the doctor uses
When chemo is not working you'll usually notice signs of the chemo not working which include a tumor growing or not shrinking and cancer that is spreading to other areas of the body, a process called metastasis and or the cancer symptoms returning.
When your chemo is not working your oncologist might suggest new treatments, such as trying different combinations of chemotherapy drugs that include experimental options.
Still, you and your oncologist must consider whether more treatment will improve your health, or whether it's best to stop treatment altogether and pursue palliative care.
Chemo works in your body to destroy cancer cells and chemo works in the body by keeping the cancer cells from growing, dividing, and making more cells.
Chemotherapy is a drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cells in your body.
Chemotherapy is most often used to treat cancer, since cancer cells grow and multiply much more quickly than most cells in the body.
Chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen.
Chemotherapy may be given with a curative intent, or it may aim to prolong life or to reduce symptoms.
Most cycles of chemo range from 2 to 6 weeks.
The number of treatment doses of chemo scheduled within each cycle also depends on the prescribed chemotherapy.
For example, each cycle may contain only 1 dose on the first day.
Or, a cycle may contain more than 1 dose given each week or each day.
You may experience nausea (feeling like you might throw up) and vomiting (throwing up) after your last chemotherapy treatment.
It should go away in 2 to 3 weeks.
Your appetite may continue to be affected due to taste changes you may have experienced during your treatment.
Some people feel the effects of chemo right away, but for others, it takes a day or two.
Chemotherapy is a drug-based treatment for cancer.
It's commonly administered intravenously, although some chemotherapy drugs are injected or taken orally.
While this treatment may cause discomfort, it isn't typically painful.
Pain caused by nerve damage is a potential short-term effect of chemotherapy.
During the 3 decades, the proportion of survivors treated with chemotherapy alone increased (from 18% in 1970-1979 to 54% in 1990-1999), and the life expectancy gap in this chemotherapy-alone group decreased from 11.0 years (95% UI, 9.0-13.1 years) to 6.0 years (95% UI, 4.5-7.6 years).
It usually takes at least 30 minutes for the drugs to arrive.
Some of the pre-medications may be steroids, anti-nausea medications and/or anxiety medications.
Each doctor will send an order to the infusion room telling them what chemotherapy and pre-medications to administer.