The treatment or control of a disease by chemical agents.
Treatment with anticancer drugs.
Treatment of cancer with chemical substances.
Treatment using anticancer drugs to destroy cancer cells. Normal tissues are also affected.
The treatment of a disorder with medication.
Treatment of a disease by the use of chemicals or drugs is especially applicable in the treatment of some forms of cancer.
The use of drugs such as antibiotics, painkillers or antiseptic lotions to fight a disease, especially using toxic chemicals to destroy rapidly developing cancer cells.
Use of drugs and chemicals to treat disease, especially cancer.
Treatment of illness using medication; however, the term usually means the treatment of cancer.
The use of chemical agents to treat infectious or neoplastic disease.
Treatment of infective disease by the principle of ‘selective toxicity’ the administration of substances harmful to parasites but innocuous to the host. The majority of chemotherapeutic agents are antibiotics; other are synthesized compounds such as sulphonamide, p-aminosalicylic acid, etc.
Treatment of disease by chemical agents. The term includes the use of drugs (e.g., antibacterials, antifungals) to harm or kill disease-causing microorganisms but is most commonly used to refer to the use of drugs to treat cancer. Anticancer (antineoplastic) drugs generally inhibit the proliferation of cells and include alkylating agents (e.g., chlorambucil), antimetabolites (e.g., fluorouracil), periwinkle plant derivatives (e.g., vincristine), antineoplastic antibiotics (e.g., adramycin, mithramycin), and radioactive isotopes (e.g., iodine- 131, phosphoras-32, gold-198). All these agents are associated with side effects, the most common of which are nausea and vomiting, suppression of bone marrow function, and loss of hair.
Use of chemical agents to treat disease, especially to treat cancer.
Treatment with drugs, especially for cancer. Cancer chemotherapy includes any and all medications used to treat cancer, whether the drugs are antineoplastic (anticancer) or cytotoxic (cell-killing). Chemotherapy is often used in comprehensive cancer therapy because it reaches throughout the entire body. Localized treatment, such as surgery and radiation, target a specific area. Chemotherapy can treat cancer cells that have spread beyond the original site of the disease to other parts of the body. More than 100 drugs are available for cancer chemotherapy.
The prevention or treatment of disease by the use of chemical substances. The term is sometimes restricted to the treatment of infectious diseases with antibiotics and other drugs or to the control of cancer with antimetabolites and similar drugs (in contrast to radiotherapy).
Treatment by the application of chemical reagents which have a specific and toxic effect upon the microorganism that causes the disease. A “reagent” is a substance which is involved in a chemical reaction.
The prevention or treatment of disease by chemical substances. The term is generally used in two senses: the use of antibacterial and other drugs to treat infections; and the administration of antimetabolites and other drugs to treat cancer. The discovery by Paul Ehrlich in 1910 of the action of Salvarsan in treating syphilis led to the introduction of sulphonamides in 1935, followed by penicillin, which revolutionised the treatment of common infections during WWII. Many antibacterial drugs have been developed since then: these include cephalosporins, cephamycins, tetracyclines, aminoglycosides, macrolides and clindamycin as well as antituberculous drugs such as streptomycin and metronidazole. Unfortunately, overuse of chemotherapeutic drugs in medicine and in animal husbandry has stimulated widespread resistance among previously susceptible pathogenic micro-organisms. Chemotherapy also plays an important role in treating tropical diseases, especially malaria, sleeping sickness and leprosy.
Drug therapy used, e.g., to treat infections, cancers, and other diseases and conditions.
The use of drugs to attack cancer and reduce the rate at which cancer cells reproduce.
The treatment of disease by chemical agents; as in radiation chemotherapy used to treat cancer patients.
Treatment of disease by the use of chemical agents. The term is usually used to describe agents used in the treatment of cancer.
In the realm of cancer therapeutics, a formidable strategy emerges, harnessing the power of synthetic pharmaceutical agents to vanquish malignant tumors. This formidable approach unfolds through a dual mechanism, whereby the relentless growth of cancerous cells is restrained and their very existence is extinguished, achieved either by impeding their proliferation or orchestrating their demise.
The commonly employed term to describe the administration of medications specifically designed to combat cancer is “chemotherapy.” However, it is important to note that the term can also encompass the utilization of antibiotic drugs for the treatment of infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis.
Chemotherapy, a vital treatment for cancer, functions by eradicating cancer cells or impeding their proliferation. However, these drugs can also impact healthy tissues, necessitating the administration of treatment in intermittent cycles with breaks to facilitate the recovery of normal cells. Commonly affected normal tissues include the bone marrow, which can lead to anemia, as well as the mouth, intestinal lining, hair follicles, ovaries, and testes. It is worth noting that these effects can sometimes result in severe side effects.
The use of chemicals, specifically medications, to address and manage diseases. Initially, this term was limited to infectious diseases but has since expanded to encompass all forms of illnesses.