Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer using drugs and medication.

Chemotherapy uses medicine delivered into the bloodstream to destroy cancer cells and chemotherapy drugs can be delivered orally, intravenously or injected into the muscles. Chemotherapy is used to treat cancers of all kinds and also autoimmune disorders like multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus. Chemotherapy can be used alone or in combination with other cancer treatment therapies like radiation therapy and surgery.

Examples of conditions treated by chemotherapy include prostate cancer and bladder cancer.

Doctors that use chemotherapy are medical oncologists and hematologists.

You will find a doctor who performs chemotherapy listed below.