Last updated: 08/05/2009

Chemotherapy is a term reserved for treatment with drugs that destroy cancer cells or interfere with tumor growth. There are several different types of chemotherapy but each type either stops the formation of new cancer cells or kills existing cancer...

cells. Chemotherapy can be used to treat a wide range of cancers from solid tumor types, like liver or brain cancer, to blood cancers, like leukemia. Chemotherapy, or “chemo” as it is sometimes called, may be used along with other cancer treatments such as surgery and radiation.