IDS-1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Chemotherapy, Metastasis

• School: University of Winnipeg
• Department: International Development St
• Course: IDS-1100
• Professor: Thomas E.Thomason

Document Summary

The study of chemotherapy may cause cancer to spread and return to attack the body more ferociously. New york (reuters health) - chemotherapy can cause cancer to become more deadly, a treatment often the first choice for breast cancer patients, to reduce or even destroy the disease, according to recent research. However, scientists at the albert einstein college of medicine in new york found evidence that it was only a short-term solution. Their research suggests that chemotherapy, while reducing tumors, opens the portal to the blood and circulatory system at the same time, making it easier to return again, and stronger. Cancer treatment becomes extremely difficult - and often fatal - if it spreads to other organs, and then is classified as stage iv. The stages of cancer indicate the size of the tumor, how it is developed, and how it can be treated. By identifying it, doctors can choose the appropriate treatment protocol for each case.