What is Chemotherapy?

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Dr. Rudolph Willis, medical oncologist at Cancer Treatment Centers of America, explains that chemotherapy is a group of drugs used to kill tumor cells. Dr. Petra Ketterl, medical oncologist at CTCA, discusses how chemotherapy kills rapidly divided cancer cells and how chemotherapy is administered.

Dr. Steven Standiford, surgical oncologist at CTCA, says clinicians pay particular attention to the impact of chemotherpy on a patient’s veins. Ports are used to safely administer chemotherapy and reduce pain.