Chemotherapy is a common cancer treatment. Learn more about how it works, what to expect during treatment, common side effects, and other FAQs.

Chemotherapy medications may be given intravenously (via intravenous [IV] infusion), orally, or topically. Traditional chemotherapy is the most common type of chemotherapy.

For lung cancer, chemotherapy is usually an intravenous (IV) treatment. You may get a quick shot into your vein or an infusion of the drug through a tube, which can take longer.

Chemotherapy drugs that you have into a vein are called intravenous (IV) chemotherapy. People have them over different amounts of time. It depends on the drug and the type of cancer it’s treating. For ...

Datroway (datopotamab deruxtecan) is the first TROP2-directed therapy approved for advanced lung cancer in the U.S.

Surgery and standard intravenous chemotherapy with a platinum-taxane combination induces complete remission in the majority of patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer. Most patients will ...

For many people with cancer, intravenous (IV) infusions of chemotherapy are their best chance at a cure. But these infusions can be inconvenient or inaccessible to patients, and some complications ...

Results from a randomized phase 2 clinical trial show that adding high-dose, intravenous (IV) vitamin C to chemotherapy doubles the overall survival of patients with late-stage metastatic ...

Princess Kate received 'preventative chemotherapy'—here's what that means. ... Here a pharmacist injects doxorubicin into an intravenous (IV) drip bag in the hospital cancer ward.

Chemotherapy drugs that you have into a vein are called intravenous (IV) chemotherapy. How you have intravenous chemotherapy depends on the drug and the type of cancer it’s treating. A portacath is a ...