Chemotherapy

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Chemotherapy is the utilization of medications to annihilate malignant growth cells, ordinarily by holding the disease cells back from developing, separating, and making more cells. Patients with advanced or castration-resistant prostate cancer and newly diagnosed or castration-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer may benefit from chemotherapy. A chemotherapy routine, or timetable, typically comprises a particular number of cycles given over a set timeframe.


Prostate cancer is treated with a number of standard medications. Docetaxel (Taxotere) and prednisone are typically the first two medications in standard chemotherapy regimens.

Docetaxel, according to recent research, significantly extends the lifespan of individuals with newly diagnosed or castration-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer and prevents the disease from growing and spreading.

Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer that has previously been treated with docetaxel can now be treated with Cabazitaxel (Jevtana). Microtubule inhibitor chemotherapy is the name of this type of treatment. Depending on the individual, the type of chemotherapy administered, the dose taken, and the duration of treatment, side effects of chemotherapy may include fatigue, sore throats, diarrhea, vomiting, constipation, blood disorders, effects on the nervous system, changes in thinking and memory, sexual and reproductive issues, loss of appetite, pain, and hair loss. The results of chemotherapy generally disappear after treatment has wrapped up. However, some adverse effects may persist, reappear, or emerge later. Ask your primary care physician which secondary effects you might insight, in view of your treatment plan. Your medical care group will work with you to oversee or forestall a significant number of these incidental effects.


Dr. Amit Ghosh is one of the best urologist and robotics uro-surgeon in Kolkata. After his return from the UK, he has been associated with various institutions including Wockhardt Hospital and Kidney Institute, Woodlands Hospital, Kothari Medical Center and Anandalok Hospital. Currently he is dedicated to his service to Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata. Currently he has developed a very well established and robust Urological presence in the campus of Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata. The practice takes care of all fundamental general Urological procedures, a vast multi-disciplinary Uro Oncology specialty, and also a comprehensive diagnostic and uro health check-up facility.

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