Chemotherapeutic Drugs in Cancer Treatment

Chemotherapeutic drugs can cause a variety of side effects, including nausea, vomiting, hair loss, fatigue, and decreased immunity.

Cancer is a class of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth of cells, invasion of adjacent tissues, and spreading to other locations in the body.

Cancers are classified based on the type of cell that the tumor resembles and is presumed to be the origin of the tumor.

<p>The different types of cancers include carcinoma, sarcoma, lymphoma and leukemia, germ cell tumor, and blastoma.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cancer cells become fatal because they become abnormal and non-functional, leading to the destruction of healthy cells in the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers