Curative Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is a common cancer treatment. It uses drugs to destroy cancer cells and prevent tumor growth. It may be paired with other cancer treatments such as radiation therapy or surgery. Chemotherapy is usually given intravenously (through a vein) or orally through capsules. It’s an effective treatment but can cause side effects. Curative chemotherapy is an aggressive cancer treatment administered with the primary goal of completely eradicating the disease and preventing its recurrence

Curative chemotherapy is chemotherapy administered with the goal of achieving a complete remission and preventing the recurrence of cancer. In the case of newly diagnosed Hodgkin lymphoma, testicular cancer, and acute lymphocytic leukemia, the term curative chemotherapy accurately reflects the expected outcome, that is, cure, and the reason for its utilization.In the past chemotherapy treatment used to be very expensive as the drugs were expensive, especially the oral tablets as Pfizer pharma had the patent for the drug. However, with governement of India putting capping on the prices of cancer drugs the cost has come done quite drastically.

Types

Cancer cells grow and divide uncontrollably. Chemotherapy destroys the cancer cells and prevents them from multiplying. There can be various types of chemotherapies:

Hormone Therapy - Drugs that prevent certain cancers from getting the hormones they need to grow.

Immunotherapy - Drugs that help your immune system fight cancer.

Targeted Therapy - Drugs that change how cancer cells multiply and behave.

There are various types of cancers where curative chemotherapy is highly effective these include:

Primary Cancer - Cancer that hasn’t spread to other areas of your body.

Metastatic Cancer or Cancer that is in Advanced Stage - Cancer that’s spread to other areas of your body.

Doctor and Cost

Dr Singh is one of the best medical oncologist in Bhagalpur, Bihar for the treatment and management of cancer. He specializes in chemotherapy for various types of cancer. If you have an individual health insurance policy then this surgery is covered after a period of 2 years from the date of inception of the policy. However if you are a beneficiary of company given policy then the surgery is covered from day one. Always go through the terms of your health insurance policy like room rent capping and co-payment to avoid any kind of financial shocks later on.