Chemotherapy Cost in India

Chemotherapy can:

• Slow-down cancer growth before surgery or irradiation. This is called neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
• Destroy malignant (cancer) cells that survive surgery or radiation therapy. This is called adjuvant chemotherapy.
• It makes radiation therapy and immunotherapy work better.
• Kill malignant (cancer) cells that have spread to different organs of your body (metastatic cancer).

Treatment schedules will vary in duration and cycles of the therapy depend on the following factors 

• If you have had chemotherapy before
• If you have other systemic medical histories 
• The type of cancer you are suffering from and if it is metastatic ( has spread to other organs) or not 
• The target for which chemotherapy has been adopted (whether to cure cancer or to alleviate the symptoms or to put halt to its growth) 
• Patient‘s host response (how the patient’s body is responding) 

Patient will in most case receives chemotherapy in cycles.

A cycle is the total days of therapy treatment followed by days of rest. The total of rest plus treatment days is one cycle 

For example, if a patient receives one week of chemotherapy followed by four weeks of rest. In this case, these five weeks are one cycle.

The rest amount gives a healing period to busy to make new healthy cells provides your body an opportunity to make new healthy cells

Mode of delivery

Chemotherapy may be given in many ways

• Injection
• Intra-arterial (IA):
  The therapy goes directly into the artery that is supplying blood and nutrients to the malignant cells.
• Intraperitoneal (IP):
  The chemotherapeutic agents go into the area which contains visceral organs like intestines, stomach, liver and this area or cavity is known as the peritoneal cavity.
• Intravenous (IV):
  The medicine goes into a vein.
  • Catheters:
    A catheter is a soft, thin tube. A physician places one end of the tube into a patient’s vein, often in your chest area.  The other end of the catheter stays outside your body. Catheters also can be used for medicine aside from therapy and to draw blood. Make sure to look at signs of infection around the tube.
  • Ports: 
    A port is a tiny, round disc made of plastic or metal that is placed under the skin. A tube connects the port to an outsized vein, most often in your chest. A needle will be inserted into the port to allow you therapy or draw blood. This needle may be left in place for therapy treatments that area Be sure to look at for signs of infection around your port. Pumps area units usually hooked up to catheters or ports. They management what quantity and the way quick therapy goes into a tube or port. Pumps can be internal or external (outside the patient’s body)
• Topical: The chemotherapeutic agent is delivered in the cream vehicle that enters the skin via rubbing.
• Oral: The chemotherapeutic agent is delivered in the form of in tablets, capsules, or liquids that you swallow.