Tips For Taking Oral Chemo Drugs For Cancer
Many cancer patients don’t realize many of the 400 chemotherapy and targeted therapy drugs are in the form of a pill, rather than being infused via an IV. When we think of cancer treatment, we think of a chemo room and long days spent getting chemo.
But times have been a-changing. The first oral chemotherapy pill was introduced in 1998. It is still in use today — it is the oral equivalent of Fluorouracil, usually referred to as 5-FU, a drug used in the treatment of breast, colorectal, anal,...