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Cancer Chemotherapy

Health information topics about Cancer Chemotherapy:

Children

    1. Chemotherapy
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/ill/chemotherapy.html

    2. Chemotherapy
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/cancer/chemo.html

Clinical Trials

    1. What Is a Clinical Trial?
    National Cancer Institute
    http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/understanding/what-is-a-clinical-trial...

    2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Cancer Chemotherapy
    National Institutes of Health
    http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=chemotherapy&recruiting=true

Coping

    1. Chemotherapy and You: Coping with Side Effects
    National Cancer Institute
    http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/chemotherapy-and-you/page4

    2. Chemotherapy and Your Emotions
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/mbc/content/mbc_2_3x_chemotherapy_and_your_em...

Dictionaries/Glossaries

    1. Glossary of Terms Relating to Chemotherapy
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/eto/content/eto_1_7x_glossary_of_terms_relati...

Directories

    1. National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers Program
    National Cancer Institute
    http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/1_2.htm

Men

    1. Side Effects of Chemotherapy on Reproduction &
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/mit/content/mit_7_2x_side_effects_of_chemothe...

    2. Sperm Banking
    American Foundation for Urologic Disease
    http://www.afud.org/education/infertility/spermbank.asp

National Institutes of Health

    1. Chemotherapy and You: A Guide to Self-Help During
    National Cancer Institute
    http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/chemo-and-you

    2. Helping Yourself during Chemotherapy
    National Cancer Institute
    http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/helping-yourself-during-chemotherapy

Organizations

    1. National Cancer Institute

    http://www.cancer.gov/

    2. American Cancer Society

    http://www.cancer.org/

Overviews

    1. General Questions and Answers about Chemotherapy
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/eto/content/eto_1_6x_general_questions_and_an...

    2. Chemotherapy: Using Chemicals to Treat Cancer
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CA00029

    3. Chemotherapy Principles
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/eto/eto_1_3_chemotherapy_principles.asp

Related Issues

    1. Targeted Cancer Therapies: Questions and Answers
    National Cancer Institute
    http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_49.htm

    2. Seeking Solutions to "Chemo-Brain&quo
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Seeking_Solutions_to_Che...

    3. Cancer Chemotherapy: How Do I Deal with Losing My
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/mbc/content/mbc_2_2x_how_do_i_deal_with_losin...

    4. Chemobrain: When Cancer Treatment Disrupts Your Th
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CA00044

    5. Chemotherapy and Your Mouth
    National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
    http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/HealthInformation/OralHealthInformationIndex/Cance...

    6. Fever during Cancer Treatment: Don't Wait It
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CA00043

    7. G-CSF (Growth Colony Stimulating Factor): How Does
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00666

    8. Handling Chemotherapy Drugs Safely at Home
    National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center
    http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/pepubs/handchemo.pdf

    9. Marijuana Use in Supportive Care for Cancer Patien
    National Cancer Institute
    http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/8_4.htm

    10. Oral Complications of Chemotherapy and Head/Neck R
    National Cancer Institute
    http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/oralcomplications/Pat...

Research

    1. Some Cancer Doctors Underestimate Chemotherapy Sid
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Cancer_Doctors_Underesti...

    2. Music Soothes Distress of Cancer Treatment
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Music_Soothes_Distress_o...

    3. Drug May Reduce Chemotherapy-Related Heart Damage
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Drug_May_Reduce_Chemothe...

Teenagers

    1. Chemotherapy
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/medical_care/chemo.html

Treatment

    1. Vascular Access Procedures
    American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America
    http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/interventional/vascular-access.htm

    2. Guide to Cancer Drugs
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cdg/cdg_0.asp

Women

    1. Menopause and Chemotherapy
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0100/0178.asp?index=...

    2. Side Effects of Chemotherapy on Reproduction &
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/mit/content/mit_7_2x_side_effects_of_chemothe...


 

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