Understanding chemotherapy
Audiobook
Published:
01 Mar 2022
Next review:
01 Mar 2025
Edition:
16
This audiobook is about chemotherapy. It is for anyone who is having chemotherapy treatment for cancer. There is also information for carers, family members and friends.
The audiobook explains how chemotherapy works and how it is given. There is also information about common side effects, how they can be treated and what you can do to manage them.
The audiobook explains how chemotherapy works and how it is given. There is also information about common side effects, how they can be treated and what you can do to manage them.
In this audiobook
- 1 Information about this audiobook and other support from Macmillan
- 2 Introduction
- 3 What is cancer?
- 4 Chemotherapy, chemotherapy drugs and how these drugs work
- 5 An overview of chemotherapy side effects
- 6 When chemotherapy is used and how treatment is planned
- 7 Preparing for chemotherapy and where chemotherapy is given
- 8 How chemotherapy is given
- 9 Having intravenous chemotherapy
- 10 Other ways of having chemotherapy
- 11 Possible side effects of chemotherapy
- 12 Chemotherapy treatment side effects on sex life and fertility
- 13 Late effects of chemotherapy
- 14 Life during chemotherapy
- 15 Cancer treatment and sepsis
- 16 Work and cancer, and help with money and benefits
- 17 After chemotherapy treatment
- 18 Questions you may have about your chemotherapy treatment
- 19 About our information
- 20 Other ways we can help you
- 21 Contact details of other support organisations
- 22 Further resources
- 23 Information about this recording
Published:
01 Mar 2022
Next review:
01 Mar 2025
Edition:
16
This audiobook is about chemotherapy. It is for anyone who is having chemotherapy treatment for cancer. There is also information for carers, family members and friends.
The audiobook explains how chemotherapy works and how it is given. There is also information about common side effects, how they can be treated and what you can do to manage them.
The audiobook explains how chemotherapy works and how it is given. There is also information about common side effects, how they can be treated and what you can do to manage them.
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How we can help
Macmillan Support Line
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