oral

[luco1110]

is their such a thing as oral chemotherapy

[pink-kittens]

http://www.cancer.org...apy/oral-chemotherapy

GIYF

[Buenchico]

Why would there not be?

Taking drugs by mouth, rather than by injection, is the obvious way to get them directly to the source of problem when the malignant tissue is located within the intestinal tract (such as in cancer of the colon).

There are plenty of web references to 'oral chemotherapy', such as this one:
http://coloncancer.ab...has-pros-and-cons.htm

Chris

[starone]

My friend has been prescribed them for stomach cancer, after an operation to remove most of his stomach. Seems to be working.

[bednobs]

loads. Chemotherapy just means therapy with chemicals (drugs). Some of the drugs i take for RA are chemo drugs

[boxtops]

Yes of course - medication by mouth

[rowanwitch]

lots of cancers are now being treated with oral chemo.... mostly gut, brain and prostate cancer bur the list is growing ....

[chas2008]

had a friend with a tumour near the base of the spine, this was treated with chemo in pill form, it had to be taken in the hospital though. At the same time my wife was going through breast cancer and the chemo was the usual intravenus (not quite sure thats the right spelling)...