Making sense of cancer chemotherapy
Holmes, S.
Nursing Times 92(36): 42-43
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0954-7762 PMID: 8868768 Document Number: 455981
Chemotherapy is a principal form of treatment for cancer. This paper introduces the principles of this method of treatment showing how chemotherapeutic drugs disrupt cell division and inhibit tumour growth. The main groups of drugs are discussed and their mechanism of action is described.