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化疗用药副作用（Side effects of chemotherapy） Common sense in treating side effects of chemical drugs (1) Chemotherapy refers to the use of drugs in the treatment of diseases. Surgery and radiation kill cancer cells at specific sites, while chemotherapy works on all parts of the body. Chemotherapy can destroy cancer cells that have spread to all parts of the body. Currently, more than 90 chemotherapy drugs are used in cancer treatment. These chemotherapy drugs vary in their chemical composition, use, treatment, and efficacy and side effects of some cancers. The purpose of chemotherapy is mainly divided into three layers. The first layer is the cure for cancer, which means that the tumor or the malignant tumour disappears and does not grow again. If you reach this goal, the second layer is to control the disease (inhibit cancer growth and spread), to provide the best quality of life for cancer patients. Sometimes it is impossible to cure and control cancer until the middle and late stages, and the treatment can only be alleviated. Remission means the use of chemotherapy drugs to relieve cancer symptoms and improve the quality of life of patients (even if it does not prolong their lives). Although cancer can be treated with only one drug, several drugs are commonly used to enhance efficacy. The combination of several drugs with different effects can kill more cancer cells and reduce the possibility of human resistance to a specific drug. Chemotherapy mode There are many ways in which chemotherapy drugs are ingested. They can be taken orally; application; intravenous injection; intramuscular injection; subcutaneous injection; arterial injection (into the artery); intrathecal injection (cerebrospinal flow enters through the central nervous system); pleural injection (into the chest); peritoneal injection (injection into the abdominal cavity); bladder (into the bladder); blocking injection (into the tumor). Choice of chemotherapeutic agents The doctor will determine the type, do