The chemo port sits underneath your skin ... Call your doctor if you have pain, swelling, or bruising at your port’s site; if pus or fluid is coming out of the opening in your skin where ...

One of those lesser-known struggles is a condition known as chemo mouth, a painful side effect of chemotherapy and radiation. For some, chemo mouth can result in mouth sores and other ...

How soon you can start chemotherapy after having your port placed can depend on certain factors, including the urgency in beginning treatment and your recovery following port insertion.

After receiving joyful news, Isabella Strahan has hit another setback as she continues to battle medulloblastoma, a tumor ...

It was then that Hale vowed to "take control of as much as I could" — including her perspective on her chemotherapy port. "I wasn't really self-conscious of having the port because that was the ...

Patients with lung cancer also had higher risk for chronic, painful CIPN. Chronic chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is a substantial burden among people with cancer treated with ...

Chemo can also cause changes to the bacteria in the gut, known as your microbiome. If your typical balance of bacteria changes, you may experience: abdominal pain bloating gas Often, chemo belly ...

Patients treated with neurotoxic forms of chemotherapy are often left with a painful peripheral neuropathy that persists long after treatment of their cancer has concluded. A variety of drugs have ...