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A very close family member of mine is going through chemotherapy treatment. Let me just tell you that chemo sucks! I tried to find some good news about it to comfort her, but all of it is bad. It’s already kicking her butt. We’re just praying that she survives the dang treatment. Oh yeah, cancer sucks 2! I have lost 2 many people that I love to it already. Well, here’s some garbage I found on chemotherapy:

Chemotherapy is a cancer treatment that uses drugs to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping the cells from dividing. When chemotherapy is taken by mouth or injected into a vein or muscle, the drugs enter the bloodstream and can reach cancer cells throughout the body (systemic chemotherapy). When chemotherapy is placed directly into the spinal column, an organ, or a body cavity such as the abdomen, the drugs mainly affect cancer cells in those areas (regional chemotherapy). The way the chemotherapy is given depends on the type and stage of the cancer being treated.

Because chemotherapy drugs are usually injected into the blood, they travel around the body and can attack cancer cells regardless of where they find them. For this reason, doctors will use them when they think there might be cancer cells in more than one part of the body. If some cancers have been growing for a while undetected, bits of them can break away from the main tumour and travel to either nearby tissue, or to more distant organs like the liver and lungs – and start growing there.

I was also going to post some info on chemotherapy history, but I’m 2 bummed out right now. I’ll try later.