The findings should be part of an informed discussion between patients and their physicians when considering adjuvant chemotherapy, or that given after surgery, explained Mariana Chavez Mac Gregor, M. All patients were 65 or older, and diagnosed with Stage I-III advanced breast cancer between and Patients who received chemotherapy other than a taxane or cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil CMF were excluded.
The authors report comprehensive data on cumulative incidence at three, five and eight years following chemotherapy treatments. That data is available in the full study.
My Chart. Donate Today. All these things make it harder to recover from chemotherapy. Learn more about managing appetite loss. Hair loss. Some types of chemotherapy cause hair loss all over your body. It may come out a little at a time or in large clumps.
Hair loss usually starts after the first several weeks of chemotherapy. It tends to increase 1 to 2 months into treatment. Your doctor can predict the risk of hair loss based on the drugs and doses you are receiving. Learn more about managing hair loss. Heart health. Some types of chemotherapy can affect your heart. It can help to check your heart before treatment. This way, doctors can tell if treatment causes problems later. One common test is an echocardiogram echo.
This test uses ultrasound waves to create a moving picture of the heart. Learn more about heart problems from cancer treatment. Long-term side effects. Most side effects go away after treatment. But some continue, come back, or develop later. For example, some types of chemotherapy may cause permanent damage to the heart, lung, liver, kidneys, or reproductive system.
And some people have trouble with thinking, concentrating, and memory for months or years after treatment. Nervous system changes can develop after treatment. Children who had chemotherapy may develop side effects that happen months or years after treatment. These are called late effects.
Cancer survivors also have a higher risk of second cancers later in life. Getting care after treatment ends is important. Your health care team can help you treat long-term side effects and watch for late effects. This is called follow-up care. Your follow-up care might include regular physical examinations, medical tests, or both.
ASCO has cancer treatment summary forms to help you keep track of the cancer treatment you received and develop a survivorship plan after treatment. What to Expect When Having Chemotherapy. Fear of Treatment-Related Side Effects. What is a Second Cancer? National Cancer Institute: Chemotherapy and You. These printable PDFs provide an introduction to chemotherapy, answers to common questions, terms to know, and questions to ask the doctor.
Side Effects of Chemotherapy Approved by the Cancer. Navigating Cancer Care. Net Videos. In rare cases, exposing normal cells to cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy can cause a new, different type of cancer to develop many years after treatment. Radiation therapy uses a special kind of high-energy beam to damage cancer cells.
Over time, radiation damages cells that are in the path of its beam -- normal cells as well as cancer cells. Normal cells are better able to repair themselves and survive the treatment.
While the risk of developing leukemia after radiation therapy or chemotherapy to treat early-stage breast cancer is VERY small, a large study suggests that this risk is twice as high as has been reported. The research was published online on Dec. Both radiation therapy and chemotherapy can be given after breast cancer surgery to lower the risk of the cancer coming back recurrence.
We also have learned from workers in certain jobs that included radiation exposure, and patients treated with radiation therapy for cancer and other diseases. Past radiation exposure is one risk factor for most kinds of leukemia , including acute myelogenous leukemia AML , chronic myelogenous leukemia CML , and acute lymphoblastic leukemia ALL.
Myelodysplastic syndrome MDS , a bone marrow cancer that can turn into acute leukemia, has also been linked to past radiation exposure.
The risk of these diseases after radiation treatment for cancer depends on a number of factors, such as:. Most often, these cancers develop within several years of a person's radiation treatment. Then the chance of developing a new cancer slowly declines over the following years.
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