Chemotherapy
January 21st 2010
The term Chemotherapy means 'drug treatment'. In cancer treatment, where this term is mainly used, the drugs are ones that kill cells (cytotoxic). They may be used singly or in combinations. There are more than 90 different drugs currently available and new ones are being developed all the time. Information about specific drugs should be available from the hospital where the chemotherapy is prescribed but is also available via the internet (see below). The effects of chemotherapy are many, varied and individual. They can, in the main, be managed very well with help, support, information and sometimes additional medication.
The Macmillan and CancerHelp UK websites have more information about chemotherapy.
Contacts
| Bristol Royal Infirmary | Upper Maudlin Street Bristol, BS2 8HW0117 923 0000 |
www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/your-hospitals/bristol-royal-infirmary.html |
| CancerHelp UK | 020 7061 8355 | www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=184 |
| Great Western Hospital | Marlborough Road Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 6BB01793 60 40 20 |
www.swindon-marlborough.nhs.uk/sw2g01.php |
| Macmillan Cancer Support |
89 Albert Embankment London, SE1 7UQ020 7840 7840 |
www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Cancertreatment/Treatments.aspx |
| Royal United Hospital | Bath NHS Trust Combe Park, Bath BA1 3NG01225 428331 |
www.ruh.nhs.uk/ |
| Salisbury District Hospital | Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 8BJ01722 336262 | www.salisbury.nhs.uk/ |
Review Date: January 2011
