According to ImmunityBio, the company that developed Anktiva, the treatment harnesses the body’s immune system to destroy cancer tumors, which could make chemotherapy obsolete. While it received FDA ...

“When we look at using chemotherapy to treat a cancer, our goal is to ensure we provide a regimen that the patient can tolerate and that allows them to lead a good quality of life,” Barr said.

Preventive chemotherapy, or adjuvant chemotherapy, is administered after your primary cancer treatment. It’s used to destroy remaining cancer cells in your body that might be undetectable. Preventive ...

Simple exercises performed during chemotherapy may significantly reduce treatment-related cognitive impairment, according to findings from a phase 3 randomized controlled trial. Among patients with ...

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 ...

Most people who undergo chemotherapy do not develop heart failure. However, specific chemotherapy drugs may significantly increase your risk of heart failure and other cardiac problems. Chemotherapy ...

Chemotherapy may lead to temporary or permanent male infertility. Chemotherapy is a potent cancer treatment that involves drugs that target and destroy rapidly dividing cancer cells. Although it is ...

Chemotherapy can affect a person’s vision. Although most changes usually stop after the treatment, some may last longer. Sudden vision changes need immediate medical attention. While most vision side ...

Cancer care has long focused on what drugs to give and in what doses, but a growing body of evidence suggests the clock on the wall may be just as important. Researchers are finding that the hour a ...

Some chemotherapy drugs cause more damage to healthy cells than other chemo options do, a new study finds. The researchers have found four new mutational signatures — patterns of DNA damage left by ...