The Role of cytotoxic drugs in the treatment of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma By S. Tudent

Structure

What is my project about?

Why did I choose this topic?

What have I found out so far?

Sources of information

Conclusion

What I have learned

Question and answer session

What is my project about? The effects of cytotoxic

chemotherapeutic agents on the body

How does chemotherapy effect a patient?

What are the specific cytotoxic drugs used to kill cancerous cells?

What drugs are used to prevent healthy cell damage?

Why did I choose this topic?

My elder brother was diagnosed last year with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

I have seen him go through the treatments needed to fight this cancer

I wanted to know;

-The specific drugs used during treatment and how they work

-As well as the large number of drugs used to handle the side-effects of these cytotoxic drugs

What have I found out so far?

The stages of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and how doctors decide on each individual’s treatment

The drugs combined to make the cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agent used

The various drugs used by patients at home during and after chemotherapy and what they do

The long term effects chemotherapy can have on patients

Sources of Information I have used a wide range of websites for research

purposes: -Cancer Research UK -Marleen and Stewart Greenebaum: Cancer Centre

Articles: -http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/201886-overview

Books, such as: -The Chemotherapy Survival Guide: Everything you need to know to get through treatment

Questionnaires: -Interviews with a patient and a family member of a patient

Conclusion

The cytotoxic drugs used during a patients course of treatment are very harmful to the healthy living cells of a cancer patient

This treatment is very successful in curing patients

The large number of drugs used to handle the treatment are very reliable and have proved their worth numerous times

What I have learned

I have learnt the specific names and uses of the cytotoxic drugs

The effects of this treatment in larger detail ie. the long-term effects

The different drugs used during treatment to manage a patient’s side-effects

Sources Used

Graded Unit Booklet

http://www.umgcc.org/hem_malig_program/hodgkins-stages.htm#ixzz1phIHdaN3

http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/type/hodgkins-lymphoma/

Books on Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

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