What Is Preventative Chemo, Princess Kate Cancer Treatment Explained
What Is Preventative Chemo, Princess Kate Cancer Treatment Explained
British royal family news reveals that today Catherine, the Princess of Wales announced she has cancer and is receiving preventative chemotherapy.
The shocking news comes after an unrelated abdominal surgery in January. Tests done at that time later revealed she has cancer although the palace has not said what type, its location, or what stage.
Read on to learn what preventative chemotherapy is and how it will used to help Kate in her recovery battle.
Royal Family News: Catherine’s Preventive Chemotherapy
Preventative chemotherapy is also called adjuvant chemotherapy. It is used to stop cancer returning after a tumor has been removed from the body, according to the Daily Mail.
Cancer can spread from one part of the body to other areas in a process labeled metastasis. In this case rogue cancer cells “break off the main tumor and take root elsewhere.”
Chemotherapy involves the use of drugs to wipe out tumors. It is usually prescribed to treat cancer directly but it can also be used to shrink a tumor prior to surgery.
As in Kate’s case, chemotherapy can also be used as a preventative option as a way of preventing cancer from returning.
The 42-year old mother of three told the world in a prerecorded video message that she began the treatment in late February.