1. By S. Tudent

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.