Suara.com – Chemotherapy become one of the patient’s treatment options lung cancer, especially those who have reached an advanced stage. However, as the treatment process is carried out, there are also various side effects.
Member of the Thoracic Oncology Working Group of the Indonesian Lung Doctors Association (PDPI) dr. Sita Laksmi, PhD., Sp.P(K)., said that chemotherapy side effects experienced by cancer patients can be different. Because it depends on the type of drug used is also the response of the patient’s body.
“The side effects of chemotherapy treatment are nausea, vomiting, decreased blood cells. Then hair loss. There are some drugs that cause hair loss, there are some that don’t cause hair loss. Each individual must be different,” said doctor Sita in the LungTalk webinar, Tuesday ( 23/11/2021).
Side effects can also differ from other treatment processes. Like treatment with targeted therapy, Dr. Sita said, the side effects that occur can cause stress, appear acne, to wounds on the nails or known as ingrown toenails.
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Targeted therapy involves directly targeting cancer cells using drugs or other substances to block chemical signals at the cellular level, where cancer cell growth and division occurs.
In addition, treatment with immunotherapy can also cause other different side effects.
“For immunotherapy, the side effects are autoimmune. This means that healthy cells are attacked, which is most often diarrhea. Or the severe one is pneumonia, it can happen to the target of therapy or immunotherapy,” he explained.
Doctor Sita admitted that it was not easy to undergo various treatments for cancer patients. However, treatment must still be done so that the disease does not get worse.
“You have to keep the spirit of doing the best possible therapy to restore the condition,” he concluded.
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