Mesothelioma Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is a systematic treatment consisting of using drugs that attack and destroy cancer cells. Some of these medications can be administered orally, others intravenously. Depends on the severity of the disease and the state of your health, chemotherapy may contain a single drug (monochemotherapy) or many chemical agents (polychemotherapy). Polychemotherapy tends to cause more adverse effects, but it increases your chance of surviving. Therefore, if you are young, you will mostly be recommended polychemotherapy. Certain medications that are currently used in chemotherapy to fight mesothelioma include:  

• Cisplatin   
• Mitomycin-C  
• Pemetrexed (Alimta)  
• Cisplatin (Platinol)  
• Vinorelbine (Navelbine)  
• Gemcitabine (Gemzar)  
• Carboplatin (Paraplatin)  
• Doxorubicin (Adriamycin)  

Unfortunately, those medications are always associated with side effects; some of common mesothelioma drugs adverse effects include:

Note: it does not mean you will develop all those side effects. In fact, some patients barely experience problem with those drugs. To decrease your risk of side effects, eat plenty of fruits and cruciferous vegetables; drink plenty of fluid. You may need a power juicer to extract the juice.