Finding and Surviving Ovarian Cancer

Side Effects of Chemotherapy

What are the side-effects of chemotherapy?

Cancer cells divide rapidly. However, so do some other healthy cells, like those in your mouth, your stomach, your intestines, your bones, and your hair.

Therefore, the drugs can also kill healthy cells in these places. When chemotherapy kills these healthy cells, the result can be mouth sores, tiredness, weakness, hair loss, diarrhea, and an upset stomach.

However, almost all of these treatments make it impossible for the woman to have children in the future. Talk to your doctor before your surgery if you want to have children. Be sure your doctor is a surgeon who specializes in cancer of the female organs.