| Many people that with colon cancer will treat this | | | | someone. Because of this the adjuvant |
| debilitating and deadly disease with chemotherapy | | | | chemotherapy will work to kill off any remaining |
| treatments. There are many kinds of chemotherapy | | | | cancer cells left behind and that might have spread to |
| that determine how the doctor will give the patient | | | | other parts of the body. |
| the drugs involved in the healing process. | | | | Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been designed to |
| Each drug that is given to the patient have been | | | | treat patients before entering surgery. The drugs |
| designed to work together to kill off the cancer cells | | | | used in this chemotherapy treatment help to minimize |
| that is slowly killingthe patient’s body. These | | | | the tumor to help the surgeon to find everything and |
| drugs can be given to patients in a pill form, | | | | remove it without any problems. Neoadjuvant |
| intravenously through injection, or intravenously with | | | | chemotherapy is usually given with radiation. |
| a pump. | | | | Chemotherapy Side Effects |
| Primary chemotherapy is more often used to treat | | | | Chemotherapy for colon cancer is designed to kill |
| patients who have an advanced case and in which | | | | cancer cells that have spread quickly throughout the |
| the cancer cells have spread to different parts of the | | | | body. However, it will also kill off the healthy cells |
| body. Because it has spread so far surgery is not | | | | that are contained in our bodies. These cells are |
| effective. This particular type chemotherapy | | | | usually the membranes that line out mouth, the hair |
| treatment will work to shrink the tumor nodules and | | | | follicles, lining of the gastrointestinal tract, and bone |
| reduce the effect of the symptoms. | | | | marrow. There are numerous side effects from |
| Adjuvant chemotherapy is used after surgery has | | | | chemotherapy treatments that anyone should expect |
| removed the tumor. However, the surgery is not a | | | | to see when using these treatments. |
| guarantee to remove everything cancer from | | | | |