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Q&AS > TREATMENTS Q&AS > CHEMOTHERAPY Q&AS > LONG TERMChemotherapy and long term side effects Q&As
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1. My daughter is having chemotherapy for cancer. She is coming to stay with me. I know people on chemotherapy are at risk of developing infections. Does this mean I have to get rid of our pets?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
2. My daughter is having chemotherapy for a cancer. She has had two courses of treatment so far but has had very few side-effects. Does this mean the treatment is not working?
last reviewed: 27.01.2005
3. My wife is having chemotherapy with the drug doxorubicin. She has developed palpitations, breathlessness and a fast pulse. I have read that doxorubicin can cause heart problems. Do you think the drug has damaged her heart?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
4. Does chemotherapy affect fertility? My boyfriend, aged 25, is about to have chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma. We are planning to get married next year and would like to have children in the future.
last reviewed: 01.11.2004
5. If one or other parent has had chemotherapy in the past does this increase the risk of birth defects in any children they have in the future.
last reviewed: 27.01.2005
6. What is 'extravasation'? My nurse used the word to explain why she was giving my chemotherapy injection very slowly.
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
7. My sister has been having chemotherapy and has got numbness and tingling in her fingers. Is this due to the treatment and will it get better?
last reviewed: 07.01.2005
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