{"id":133193,"date":"2024-04-04T03:55:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T03:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=133193"},"modified":"2024-04-04T04:09:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T04:09:53","slug":"what-is-preventative-chemotherapy-and-what-are-the-side-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/what-is-preventative-chemotherapy-and-what-are-the-side-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"What is &#8216;preventative chemotherapy&#8217; and what are the side effects?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"article-headline\" class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h4 css-kowe6v\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>What is &#8216;preventative chemotherapy&#8217; and what are the side effects? By Dr Harold Gunatillake<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-77916 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Harold-Gunethilake.jpg\" alt=\"Harold-Gunethilake\" width=\"136\" height=\"136\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133194 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chemotherapy.png\" alt=\"chemotherapy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-bxb0ec\">\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-1t1shsj\">\n<h2 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-subtitle1 css-1l6oeto\" data-testid=\"article-description\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Princess Kate was told she had cancer after undergoing abdominal surgery nine weeks ago at the private London Clinic.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-68lxg3\" data-layer-event-source-placement=\"body\" data-layer-event-source-title=\"embeded link\" data-layer-event-source-type=\"embeded link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.sbs.com.au\/dims4\/default\/b55c4ea\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3510x1975+0+101\/resize\/1280x720!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsbs-au-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F5b%2F23e7672b4950ae4346982cc053af%2Fgettyimages-1832703746.jpg&amp;imwidth=960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85684 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sbs.com.au\/dims4\/default\/b55c4ea\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3510x1975+0+101\/resize\/1280x720!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsbs-au-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F5b%2F23e7672b4950ae4346982cc053af%2Fgettyimages-1832703746.jpg&amp;imwidth=960\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-eck1d1\">\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-1ity5zh\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body2 css-vcrtg6\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-testid=\"heroImageCaption\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Princess Kate revealed the news in a video message, saying the diagnosis was a &#8220;huge shock&#8221;.\u00a0Source:\u00a0Getty\u00a0\/\u00a0Chris Jackson<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-1expiat\">\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-14foryq\" data-layer-event-source-global=\"What is 'preventative chemotherapy' and what are the side effects?\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">While the exact situation is difficult to determine because the 42-year-old princess did not disclose the nature of the cancer, here is an explanation of preventative chemo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"embed-heading\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">What is chemotherapy?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Chemotherapy is the use of powerful drugs to stop cancerous cells from growing, dividing and creating more cells. There are a large number of kinds of chemotherapy, depending on the cancer, how far it has spread and the treatment regime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Because these treatments cannot distinguish between different cells, they end up killing some cells that do good, such as white blood cells, causing some side effects.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-exul89\">\n<p data-testid=\"embed-heading\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Why preventative?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Preventative chemotherapy is often used after surgery to &#8220;decrease the likelihood&#8221; that cancer will return, Kimmie Ng, an oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in the United States told AFP.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Even after successful surgery, &#8220;microscopic cancer cells can remain lurking in the body and can&#8217;t be detected by current tests,&#8221; said Lawrence Young, molecular oncology professor at the University of Warwick.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It is &#8220;a bit like mopping a floor with bleach when you&#8217;ve spilt something on it&#8221;, Andrew Beggs, a cancer surgeon at the University of Birmingham, told the Science Media Centre.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-exul89\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"embed-heading\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">What are the side effects of chemo?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">How chemo affects people can vary depending on the particular cancer, treatment and person.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">But common side effects include fatigue, nausea, diarrhoea, loss of appetite and an increased risk of getting an infection.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Some rarer, more severe side effects can include sepsis and damage to vital organs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">How long?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Treatment schedules again can vary widely, but a traditional chemo regime would be delivered in four to six blocks, said Bob Phillips, paediatric oncology professor at the University of York.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A cycle may last 21 days and &#8220;consists of a day or few days of chemo, then time for the body to recover from it,&#8221; Phillips said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Regimes of preventative chemo tend to last between three to six months.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It can take people weeks or months to recover from the treatment.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">More cancer among young people?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Beggs emphasised that &#8220;young onset cancer is by no means rare&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;I run a clinic for early-onset cancer in adults and we are seeing more and more people in their 40s with cancer,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Ng pointed out that research from the American Cancer Society released this year showed that younger adults were the only age group in which cancer increased between 1995 and 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;There is an urgent need for research into the causes of this uptick,&#8221; Ng said.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Research published in the BMJ journal last week said that cancer cases among people aged 35-69 in Britain also rose over the last quarter of a century.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">But deaths from cancer fell by a significant margin.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A combination of early diagnosis and better treatments has led to &#8220;survival rates doubling in the last 50 years&#8221;, Young said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;An incidental finding of cancer during surgery for other conditions is often associated with the tumour being detected at an early stage when subsequent chemotherapy is much more effective,&#8221; he added.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"embed-heading\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Check yourself?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Michelle Mitchell, chief executive of Cancer Research UK, said that such high-profile cancers can serve as a reminder for people to think about their own health.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;If people spot something that&#8217;s not normal for them or isn&#8217;t going away, they should check with their GP,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;It probably won&#8217;t be cancer. But if it is, spotting it at an early stage means treatment is more likely to be successful.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A growth was found in the large bowel, possibly in the mid, descending, or pelvic colon. These growths are most commonly found in the sigmoid colon, the part of the large intestine below the descending segment. The surgery performed was a hemicolectomy with end-to-end anastomosis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The patient returned to normal appearance within a few weeks after the surgery. Early cancer cells were detected under the microscope during the growth examination. Since the cancer cells were found early, they have not spread to the local lymph nodes, and the prognosis is excellent. T<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">he chemotherapy given is more prophylactic, and the patient may experience some side effects, such as hair loss, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">This information was provided by Dr Harold Gunatillake, a retired surgeon who has practised in Sri Lanka, London, Singapore, and Sydney, Australia.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly\u00a0to\u00a0your\u00a0inbox!<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is &#8216;preventative chemotherapy&#8217; and what are the side effects? 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