Chemo Pump Side Effects

Reputable sites such as cancer net the breastcancer org and national cancer institute have general information about side effects most commonly experienced with chemo.

Chemo pump side effects.

Internal chemotherapy pumps are sometimes used to treat patients with liver cancer. This comes with fast and hard pounding heartbeat heart palpitations shortness of breath dizziness exertion and fatigue. Chemo also destroys red blood cells causing anemia. Benefits of intrahepatic pump therapy fewer side effects.

This attack or damage is what causes side effects. The dangers here are also too risky to carry on without needed transfusion. You may or may not have side effects from chemo. Particularly for colon cancer metastases to the liver there is evidence for a higher response rate in patients.

Chemo can damage healthy cells in your digestive system bone marrow and mouth. Chemo may also attack your hair follicles. Blood transfusions are given for patient to continue on with their chemotherapy treatment. By administering the chemotherapy directly into the liver we can use a much higher concentration of the chemotherapy with fewer systemic side effects.

Decreased urination swelling of the hands swollen feet and ankles headache. As chemotherapy progresses many patients experience significant hair loss and some develop painful sores inside the mouth.