MAIN SIDE EFFECTS OF ANTITUMOR CHEMOTHERAPY
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oncology, chemotherapy, side effects.Abstract
Malignant neoplasms still remain one of the most important medical and socioeconomic problems in our and in most developed countries of the world. Everyone knows that chemotherapy is effective and, at the same time, a serious and toxic treatment for tumors. In this article, the reasons why drug chemotherapy drugs have a detrimental effect on tumor and normal cells of the organism of cancer patients are discussed. Two types of medicinal chemotherapy on which chemotherapy is based are described. The topic of targeted therapy is touched upon: positive and negative sides. The widespread side effects of antitumor chemotherapy are also described: myelosuppression, extravasation, nausea and vomiting, fatigue, alopecia (hair loss), mucositis, decreased fertility. The approximate terms of their manifestation and the measures that can / should be taken to slow or avoid them are given.
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