Chemotherapy

* Chemotherapy is the administration of drugs that kill cancer cells.
* The pace and duration of treatment vary according to each cancer, each patient and the protocol established during the meeting of multidisciplinary (RCP).
* It is intended to reduce the maximum risk of recurrence of the disease.
* It is usually performed after surgery.
* Its duration varies. It usually takes six months for breast cancer. But in case of recurrence of the disease and / or upon the occurrence of metastases, treatment can last much longer.
* Certain chemo therapies were administered in the form of tablets, but most are intravenously: The surgeon can put in place under local anesthesia in most cases, a central venous catheter , tube end, he introduced under the skin into a vein deep. The injections are well through the skin into the catheter, thus avoiding repeated injections.
* Treatment with chemotherapy may include one or more drugs
* Chemotherapy may be scheduled before the surgery: the neo-adjuvant chemotherapy