As promised to my Jrs in Moscow... i would like to share with all of your there as much as info and knowledge that i get and learnt through my Housemanship Program in Hospital Ipoh.... All the best to all you guys... ;)

Monday, January 24, 2011

Chemotherapy - Types/Regime/Side effects

Chemotherapy has been a routine in Surgical Department in the place i work. There's many types and many regimes of chemotherapy used here. Chemotherapy when given to patient, it has many aims that works differently for each different regime.

First of all, types of chemo can be divide into 2 main group :

1. Curative -----------> i) neoadjuvant ii) adjuvant
2. Palliative

Curative chemo used with the aim to treat the cancer and to reduce the size of tumor or to be given after a surgical intervention with the aim of preventing the recurrence of the tumor. Basically to get rid of the tumor.

Palliative chemo is used just to reduce the activity or aggressiveness of the tumor without any intention to treat the cancer fully. Used when the cancer already have metastasis. Basically just to increase the life expectancy of a patient.

Neoadjuvant chemo - given before any surgery done, given with the aim to shrink the primary tumor so that when the tumor reduce in size, it can be surgically removed.

Adjuvant chemo - given after any surgery to remove the tumor is done, with the aim of reducing the % of recurrence and also to reduce any new tumor growth.


Types of chemo drugs :

i) alkylating agents
ii) antimetabolites
iii) anthracyclines
iv) alkaloids
v) topoisomerase inhibitors, etc etc.

They all function by effecting on the cell divison and DNA synthesis and function.

Types of Chemo Regime commonly used in my place :

1. For Breast CA -------------> i) FAC - Folinic acid
Adriamycin/Doxorubicin
Cyclophosphamide

ii) FEC - Folinic acid
Epirubicin
Cyclophosphamide

2. For Colorectal CA ---------> i) FOLFIRI - Folinic acid ( Leucovorin)
5-Fluorouracil
Irinotecan

ii) FOLFOX - Folinic acid
5-Fluorouracil
Oxaliplatin

iii) De Gramont - Folinic acid
5-Fluorouracil

iv) Mayo - Folinic acid
5-Fluorouracil

** Folinic Acid - i) works to increase the efficacy of the chemo drug to kill the cancel cell
ii) also works as protector of healthy cells from the chemo effect
(always give folinic acid before giving chemo drugs, especially Fluorouracil)


Complications or Side effects of Chemo Treatment -- affects on all the healthy fast dividing cells of body

Divided into local and systemic

i) Local - skin erythema, pain , dry mouth, vomitting, nausea, reduce appetite, allergic locally, alopecia

ii) Systemic - reduce immunity (neutropenia) , induce anemia ( effect on bone marrow fx)
tendency to bleed ( thrombocytopenia)
GIT effect - constipation @ diarrhea
infertility
fatigue
secondary neoplasm ( AML after chemo treatment)

Can also be cardiotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, ototoxicity and also encephalopathy

2 comments:

  1. Nama : Dhimas Widya Kusuma
    N I M : A310110176
    Kelas : 2D

    Kutukan Perempuan
    Disaat siang hari, ada permpuan yang mengacungkan golok kepada seorang laki-laki. Perempuan tersebut mengusir laki-laki itu sambil berkata, “ tak becus buat anak, minggat kau!”. Lantaran si laki-laki berlari sekencang mungkin, karena takut akan golok yang dihunuskan oleh perempuan tersebut. Meskipun laki-laki dan perempuan tersebut sudah berkeluarga selama 10 tahun, atpimereka tak juga dikaruniai seorang anak. Itu sebabnya kenapa perempuan itu sangat marah.
    Karena keinginannya sangat kuat untuk memiliki anak, suatu hari perempuan itu berdiri di emperan toko dengan rok mini dan sangat ketat. Hingga akhirnya datang seorang laki-laki muda yang menawarnya. Setelah kesepakatan terjadi, melalui kedipan mata dan akhirnya mereka berdua melakukan hubungan terlarang. Selama seminggu perempuan itu menunggu, berharap tumbuh janin dirahim perempuan itu setelah ia melakukan hubungan terlarang dengan laki-laki muda tersebut. Karena perempuan itu suka tokoh-tokoh wayang, maka ia akan menamai anak-anaknya seperti tokoh wayang. Dan apabila suatu hari nanti perempuan itu memiliki anak laki-laki, akan dinamainya Werkudara dan apabila anaknya wanita, akan dinamainya Subadra.
    Seminggu berlalu, dan janin yang ditunggu juga tak kunjung ada. Lalu ia berkata, “ tak ada kenikmatan untuk bajingan.” Usai kejadian itu, perempuan kembali menebar pesona. Berkali-kali ia melakukan hubungan terlarang itu. Berkali-kali juga, ia berganti pasangan. Hingga selama 5 tahun kejadian itu berlanjut, hingga perempuan itu menjadi lebih tua, dan rambutnya sudah ditumbuhi uban.
    Dimalam yang hitam, akibat listrik yang padam, perempuan itu bergemeremang, “ Jika kau masih tak menggelembungkan perutku, aku selekasnya bersetubuh dengan setan”. Dan kilat dilangit menyambut sumpah perempuan itu.
    Perempuan itu sering tebar pesona, kadang dia melakukan hubungan dengan siswa puber yang butuh saluran hasrat purbaninya. Tak jarang tukang becak menyutubuhinya secara bebarengan. Perempuan itu sangat benci dengan ibu-ibu yang memiliki seorang anak. Perempuan itu sangat teriris hatinya ketika mendengar tangisan bayi.
    Akhirnya perutnya menggelembung juga. Selama 9 bulan ia melewatinya, dan akhirnya perempuan itu melahirkan bayi entah laki-laki atau perempuan. Hari demi hari barlalu. Tangan perempuan itu menggamit bayinya (dua ekor ular kecil), dilingkarakan 2 ekor itu dilehernya, dielus dan diusap kepala 2 ular itu dengan lembut. Entah siapa yang menyetubuhinya, laki-laki atau setan hingga perempuan itu melahirkan 2 bayi ular.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Good news to everyone out there with different health challenges, as I know there are still a lot of people suffering from different health issues and are therefore looking for solutions. I bring you Good news. There is a man called Dr James, a herbal practitioner who helped me to cure Hiv virus, i have suffered from this disease for the past 5 years and I have spent so much money trying to survive from it. I got my healing by taking the herbal medicine Dr James sent to me to drink for about 14 days . 3 days after completion of the dosage, I went for a medical checkup and I was tested Hiv negative. all thanks to God for leading me to Dr james who was able to cure me completely from this deadly diseases, I’m sharing this so that other people can know of this great healer called Dr James because I got to know him through Mr KELLY, who he cured from Hepatitis B. I was made to understand that he can cure several other deadly diseases and infections. Don’t die in ignorance or silence and don’t let that illness take your life.Dr James has cures for diseases like BIPOLAR DISORDER,..DIABETES,NEPHROTIC SYNDROME MOUTH HERPES, MOUTH CANCER , MUSCLE ACHES, LUPUS, SKIN CANCER, PENILE CANCER, BREAST CANCER, PANCREATIC CANCER, VAGINAL CANCER, CERVICAL ILLNESS, POLIO DISEASE, ALZHEIMER, BULIMIA DISEASE, COMMON INFLAMMATORY DISEASE CYSTIC FIBROSIS, SCHIZOPHRENIA, CORNEAL ULCER, EPILEPSY, FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM, LICHEN PLANUS, INFERTILITY, SHINGLES, BADRONOLE DISEASE, CHEST DISEASE / AIDS, AND BEHAVIORAL, CHLAMYDIA, ZIKA VIRUS, EMPHYSEMA, TUBERCULOSIS LOW SPERM COUNT, ECZEMA, DRY COUGH, ARTHRITIS Contact Dr James through  email address  DRJAMESHERBALMIX@GMAIL.COM

    ReplyDelete