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CANCER TREATMENTS > CHEMOTHERAPY > GENERAL INFORMATION > WHAT IT ISQ&As on this topic
1. My sister has been told she has an illness called sarcoid disease. The doctors have told her she made need chemotherapy. Does this mean she has cancer?
last reviewed: 26.01.2006
2. My mum is having chemotherapy for a cancer. I would like to visit her but my daughter had chickenpox last month. Is it safe for me to visit my mum?
last reviewed: 27.07.2006
3. How does chemotherapy work?
last reviewed: 27.01.2005
4. What is the difference between chemotherapy and radiotherapy?
last reviewed: 27.01.2005
5. I have been told I cannot dye my hair for six months after my chemotherapy is finished. Its beginning to grow back grey, what will happen if I dye it?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
7. I am going to have a line inserted for my chemotherapy. My doctor has told me about what is involved and how it will help. It all sounds too good to be true, are there any problems or complications with these lines?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
8. I will shortly be completing a course of chemotherapy. How soon can I have my hair permed after the drugs are finished?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
9. I am going to have chemotherapy, through a drip into a vein, for one day a month for the next six months. Will I be able to carry on working?
last reviewed: 27.01.2005
10. My wife has nearly finished chemotherapy for breast cancer. When can she start swimming again?
last reviewed: 27.01.2005
All Q&As are selected from some of the thousands asked by people contacting Cancerbackup every year. They are answered by specialists and reviewed and updated regularly.