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How do patients know if chemotherapy treatments are working?

April 26, 2017chemotherapy Patients treatments working

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How do patients know if chemotherapy treatments are working?

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Doctors monitor patients with physical exams and tests such as scans or x-rays to evaluate how chemotherapy medications are working. Some patients believe chemotherapy is working based on side effects, and if side effects are severe, chemotherapy is working well. This is false. Side effects have nothing to do with how well chemotherapy is working.