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Chemotherapy for Stomach Cancer

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Topic: Stomach
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Sort Desciption: Cancer chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. Unlike radiation and surgery, which are localized treatments, chemotherapy is a systemic treatment, meaning the drugs travel throughout the whole body. ...

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Cancer chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. Unlike radiation and surgery, which are localized treatments, chemotherapy is a systemic treatment, meaning the drugs travel throughout the whole body. This means chemotherapy can reach cancer cells that may have spread, or metastasized, to other areas.

For stomach cancer, chemotherapy is usually combined with other types of treatment, such as surgery and radiation therapy, in an attempt to:
Increase survival time
Prevent recurrence
Provide some symptom relief

Chemotherapy is usually given after surgery. Research is being done to study the effects of chemotherapy given in an effort to shrink the stomach cancer before surgery.

Chemotherapy Drugs Used for Stomach Cancer

There are several chemotherapeutic drugs used to treat stomach cancer. Some are listed here:

Fluorouracil
Doxorubicin
Epirubicin
Methotrexate
Etoposide
Cisplatin
Irinotecan
Paclitaxel
Docetaxel
Mitomycin C
Vinblastine
Cyclophosphamide
Cytarabine
Vincristine
Chemotherapy agents may be given by mouth or by injection under the skin, into muscle, or into a vein. Research is studying the effects of chemotherapy instilled directly into the abdomen, called intraperitoneal chemotherapy.

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