What are some side effects of chemotherapy?

Chemotherapy is an aggressive form of chemical drug therapy meant to destroy rapidly growing cells in the body. Doctors often recommend chemotherapy as a treatment for cancer. Chemotherapy uses drugs that kill dividing cancer cells and prevent them from growing.

Common side effects, but it's unlikely you'll have all of these:

• Tiredness
• Feeling and being sick
• Hair loss
• Infections
• Anaemia
• Bruising and bleeding
• Sore mouth
• Loss of appetite