Service: Type: Systemic Therapy  Treatments Offered At
Chemotherapy is a the treatment of cancer with cytotoxic drugs.
Chemotherapy is a systemic therapy; it usually treats the whole
body, as opposed to radiotherapy or surgery that provides
focused treatment to a specific area of the body.  Chemotherapy
Can Be    • Adjuvant therapy - Used after primary treatment such
as surgery, to prevent metastases.   • Neoadjuvant therapy -
Used to reduce the amount or size of a tumor before surgery.   •
Primary therapy - Used when surgery is not indicated or
possible.   • Radiosensitizer - Used along with radiation
therapy to enhance the effectiveness of the radiation.  How
Chemotherapy Works  Chemotherapy works by preventing cells from
completing the duplication process, known as mitosis. If the
cancer cells cannot multiply, they cannot spread into adjacent
organs or migrate to develop into metastatic tumors.
Chemotherapy is given on a schedule over a prescribed period of
time that will maximize cell kill and allow norm