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Chemotherapy means using drugs to kill cancer cells.
For most chemotherapy treatments the drugs get into the bloodstream and move around the body. They reach the cancer cells wherever they are.
For a few cancers the drugs are put straight into the bladder, abdomen or chest. There, they have a direct effect on the cancer without getting into the bloodstream.
You may be given just one drug, or a combination of drugs.
You may have chemotherapy on its own, or with other treatments such as surgery or radiotherapy.
