• Chemotherapy (kee-moh-THAYR-uh-pee): Treatment with drugs that kill cancer cells.
• Side effect: A problem that occurs when treatment affects healthy tissues or organs.

Today we will start a series of posts for you or someone you know is about to receive or receiving chemotherapy for cancer. These posts will serve as a guide you can refer to throughout your chemotherapy and its side effects and also highlights ways you can care for yourself before, during, and after treatment. I will cover:

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