Question

A patient newly diagnosed with cancer questions why the treatment plan includes two chemotherapeutic drugs. The nurse relies that combination therapy

Answer 1

ANSWER :

CHEMOTHERAPY : Chemotherapy is defined as usage of drugs for the treatment of cancer. The therapy is used to suppress the growth of cancer cells in the body to prevent multiplication of cells in the whole body.

The nurse replies to the question asked by patient regarding combination of drugs used in chemotherapy treatment plan includes :

Combination of chemotherapeutic drugs are the drugs which includes one or two or many drugs which are administered in treating cancer. By using of a single drug cancer can be treated, but combination drugs are including in the treatment plan to treat for different cancers which increases the chance of spreading cancer cells to different parts of body. Depending on the stages of cancer combination drugs are used to eliminate the spread of cancer cells.

EXPLAINING THE ADVANTAGES OF COMBINATION DRUGS USED IN CHEMOTHERAPY OF CANCER :

* Combination drugs reduces the risk of spreading cells to other areas of body by subsiding cell growth

* Useful to introduce drugs in the early stages of disease than in the later stages

* These drugs are able to target different sites of parts at the early stages

* Introducing of combination drugs with lower doses will be effective to prevent malignant cells production.

Therefore by explaining the uses and advantages of combination drugs used in chemotherapy of cancer may improve the knowledge of patient.