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Chemotherapy is a powerful treatment used to fight cancer cells. While highly effective, it can also cause side effects as it targets rapidly dividing cells throughout the body. Understanding these ...

Chemotherapy can have multiple side effects, including fatigue. Taking self-care steps at home, such as resting and eating a nutritious diet, can help minimize chemotherapy fatigue. Fatigue is one of ...

Men with advanced prostate cancer undergoing local therapies such as radiation therapy or radical prostatectomy experience significantly more gastrointestinal and sexual issues, along with problems ...

Chemotherapy is known to cause behavioral side effects, including cognitive decline. Notably, the gut microbiome communicates with the brain to affect behavior, including cognition. "For the first ...

I have been a cancer doctor for 40 years and have seen our treatments evolve to embrace precision medicine and immunotherapy, which can be less harmful to patients than conventional forms of ...

A new study published in JCO Precision Oncology has identified a relatively simple method to predict the cancer patients most likely to develop severe toxicities from chemotherapy. If doctors can ...

Chemotherapy doesn’t just kill cancer cells. It also affects the microbes in the digestive tract. Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered that some gut bacteria can reduce the side effects of ...

Chemotherapy is powerful cancer medication – but it can also be a very challenging treatment. It works by killing fast-growing cancer cells but kills healthy cells too, so it’s important to know how ...