2. What is my project about?
Why did I choose this topic?
What have I found out so far?
Sources of information
Conclusion
What I have learned
Question and answer session
3. What is my project about?
The effects of cytotoxic
chemotherapeutic agents on the body
How does chemotherapy effect a
patient?
What are the specific cytotoxic drugs
used to kill cancerous cells?
What drugs are used to prevent
healthy cell damage?
4. Why did I choose this topic?
My elder brother was diagnosed last year with Hodgkin’s
Lymphoma
I have seen him go through the treatments needed to
fight this cancer
I wanted to know;
-The specific drugs used during treatment and how they
work
-As well as the large number of drugs used to handle the
side-effects of these cytotoxic drugs
5. What have I found out so far?
The stages of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
and how doctors decide on each
individual’s treatment
The drugs combined to make the
cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agent
used
The various drugs used by patients at
home during and after chemotherapy
and what they do
The long term effects chemotherapy
can have on patients
6. Sources of Information
I have used a wide range of websites for research
purposes:
-Cancer Research UK
-Marleen and Stewart Greenebaum: Cancer Centre
Articles:
-http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/201886-
overview
Books, such as:
-The Chemotherapy Survival Guide: Everything you
need to know to get through treatment
Questionnaires:
-Interviews with a patient and a family member of a
patient
7. Conclusion
The cytotoxic drugs used during a
patients course of treatment are very
harmful to the healthy living cells of a
cancer patient
This treatment is very successful in
curing patients
The large number of drugs used to
handle the treatment are very reliable
and have proved their worth numerous
times
8. What I have learned
I have learnt the specific names
and uses of the cytotoxic drugs
The effects of this treatment in
larger detail ie. the long-term
effects
The different drugs used during
treatment to manage a patient’s
side-effects
9. Sources Used
Graded Unit Booklet
http://www.umgcc.org/hem_malig_program/hodgkins-
stages.htm#ixzz1phIHdaN3
http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/type/hodgkins
-lymphoma/
Books on Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Advice from Lecturers
10. Thank you for listening.
I would be happy to answer any
questions you may have.
