BEP Chemotherapy : A better treatment for ovarian cancer or testicular cancer

BEP chemotherapy is the most effective method used for treating ovarian cancer or testicular cancer. The chemotherapy drugs which are used in this treatment are bleomycin, cisplatin etoposide. It helps to get rid of the different methods of cancer. In order to get this treatment, it is necessary to stay in the hospital for a long duration for the treatment using this chemotherapy. However before administering the treatment, it is necessary to undergo the medical tests such as the blood test on the basis of which the treatment is decided. Based on the blood tests, the doctor would decide whether the patient has to be treated with the BEP chemotherapy.

At the initial stage of BEP chemotherapy, the aforementioned drugs are infused in the blood of a patient through a thin and elastic tube. This is not a painful treatment and doesn’t take a long time. If a patient is anxious or curious about this treatment, he can consult with his doctor or nurse to get a fair idea about this chemotherapy treatment. As chemotherapy treatment some times generates sickness, the practitioners use to apply anti-sickness drugs. These anti-sickness drugs can be taken through an injection syringe and they are also available in pills. A patient is provided with plenty of liquid before and after chemotherapy treatment so that his kidneys are not damaged.

The whole process of chemotherapy is divided into some phases. Each phase has to generate desired result so that a patient can further his treatment without any interruption. At the very initial stage a patient is given cisplatin and etoposide. Cisplatin, bleomycin and bleomycin are applied on the next day. Etoposide is given on the third day. After that a patient gets a repose time of one week. BEP chemotherapy is maneuvered in a cyclic process which means that here a treatment period is replaced by repose period and vice versa. As the drugs that are used in this chemotherapy destroy the cancer cells in a patient, this repose period will certainly give him a chance to reproduce some healthy cells that can make up the destruction.

BEP chemotherapy side effects

BEP chemotherapy is very helpful treatment but it is used for treating the cancer but the patient undergoing this treatment has to also face some severe side effects. However, you have to also consider the fact that the patients undergoing this treatment not necessarily have to face the similar side effects.

The side effect faced by the individual totally depends on various factors. These factors include the type of treatment schedule which has been used for treating and its dosage which have been used for the treatment. It also has an effect on the white blood cells of the body which acts a protection or is the immunity system of our body. This treatment would have an adverse effect on the immunity of the body and which would hamper your overall health. It also increases your chances of being susceptible to other diseases. This side effect would last only for a limited period and after that the body would regain the white cells required for the immune system.

There are other side effects too that can also jeopardize the life a cancer patient. Anemia, hair loss, loss of appetite and nausea are some of the side effects of BEP chemotherapy. Sores in the mouth and changes in taste can also be occurred in BEP chemotherapy. But despite of these side effects, this treatment can be reckoned as the most effective treatment to cure a cancer patient.