chemotherapy Options

[recycle]

yesterday i was told by a really good friend that he has cancer. he lost his hair and nails cos of chemotherapy. i really want to support him but to do so i need to understand what is really cancer and what is chemotherapy.
i searched the internet but everything is too complicated english for me. can someone do me the favour and simplified any info about this here?

thank u

[Culpable04]

It's radiation treatment. In order to kill the cancer cells, the radiation also kills healthy cells which is why you see a loss in hair / nails. Chemo is used when it is too dangerous or when the cancer is to aggressive to be removed via surgery.

Hope that helps
Wyatt

also use when the cancer is in an advanced stage and a surgery to remove the affected organ won't solve the problem or is not an option ( like on most brain cancer patients )

Radiation is one of the last choice doctors have.

recycle do you know where is your friend's cancer located ? basicly any part of the human body can soffer cancer. Cancer in simple words is a mass produce of body cells uncontrollably. for example. our liver has cells that are change constanly, and that's normal, cancer is basicly this same process but accelerated and uncontrolled. so the liver cell ( in this example ) would be reproduce so many times that the tissue of the liver will start to collapse ( microscopicaly observed ) and that's part of the pain cancer patients soffer. this uncontrol can be transmited to nearby organs if not treated on time; with any cancer patient Psycologist recomend to spend time with them and talk the least possible about cancer or any death related issue, unless the patient start the conversation.

This post has been edited by Culpable04: Dec 9, 2006 - 12:34 PM