Cancer chemotherapy

Another use of chemotherapeutic agents is the treatment of autoimmune diseases .Cancer chemotherapy ( anti- tumors )Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells ( cell degeneration ) by genetic mutations ( DNA damage ) and sometimes with hereditary and ready to develop some tumors.The majority of chemotherapy agents work by stopping the division ( cell division of the nucleus ) , which targets rapidly dividing cells . Because these substances can damage cells , so-called " toxic to the cells ." Some of these molecules leads to a real " cellular suicide " apoptosis .You can use most of the antineoplastic today , are not new drugs or a specific effect on the cancer cells so that they can also affect healthy cells . The progress can be seen in the context of a therapeutic drug administrations and the implementation of their collections.So far , the researchers are not able to certain characteristics of malignant cells that make recognizable to locate ( with the exception of a few recent examples such as " Philadelphia chromosome " of imatinib mesylate specifically ) . This means that other rapidly dividing cells , such as cells that are responsible for hair growth or renewal of the intestinal epithelium and blood cells are also affected . This explains the most common side effects such as hair loss , and inflammation ( the destruction of white blood cells ) , anemia ( destruction of red blood cells ) and bleeding ( the destruction of platelets ) . This sometimes requires a way to combat these side effects : in a sterile room , and blood transfusions , injections of erythropoietin (EPO), group , etc. .However, even the doctor to adjust some of the molecules with fewer side effects than other arrangements , and take advantage of them , in some patients , in some cases