4 What is Chemotherapy - How Does it Treat Cancer?

Listen as Dr. Amit Sarma, MD, oncologist at Virginia Cancer Specialists, discusses the medicines or medical therapies often administered to treat cancer. Chemotherapy is a class of medicines that is designed to try to kill cancer cells. Many chemotherapies are designed to get into DNA or RNA, and disrupt the ability of cells to divide properly. When that occurs, cancer typically can’t survive. The purpose of the chemotherapy is to try to kick down the cancer cells without harming the normal cells, since normal cells can rebound after treatment.

To learn more about chemotherapy and how it helps fight cancer, watch this informative video. #cancer #chemotherapy #cancertreatment