What is Oral Chemotherapy?


"Oral chemotherapy" is treatment with anticancer drugs that are swallowed in tablet, capsule, or liquid form. It may be prescribed to control the spread of certain types of cancer, or to relieve some of the symptoms.Oral chemotherapies are being approved as treatments for more and more types of cancer. For some types of cancer, studies have shown oral chemotherapy to be as effective and as safe as cancer treatments given through IV, injection, or a catheter.

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Uploaded: April 21, 2008 at 6:28 pm
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