The treatment of disease by means of chemicals that have a specific toxic effect upon the disease producing microorganisms (antibiotics) or that selectively destroy cancerous tissue (anticancer therapy)
Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state
(kee mo th er' apee) - Treatment of cancer with drugs that are designed to kill the abnormal cells
Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease using chemicals. It is often used in treating cancer. the use of drugs to control and try to cure cancer (chemo- (from , from chemeia , probably from chyma , from chein ) + therapy). Treatment of diseases, including cancer, with chemicals. Some cancer drugs interfere with cancer-cell division or enzyme processes. However, they have serious side effects, attacking some healthy cells and reducing resistance to infection. Certain steroids are used to treat breast cancer and prostate cancer, leukemia, and lymphomas. Derivatives of plants such as periwinkle (vincristine, vinblastine) and yew (taxol) have been found effective against Hodgkin disease, leukemia, and breast cancer