Chemotherapy is a treatment designed for patients who have been diagnosed with cancer. Chemotherapy is a classification of medications that kills cancerous cells within the body. This is a systemic treatment in which the medication is delivered through the bloodstream. This is effective in attacking cancerous cells at the point of origin and for other cancerous cells that may have traveled to different regions of the body. Cancer is described as rapidly dividing cells that lives beyond their normal lifespan and become abnormal. Chemotherapy targets these rapidly growing and dividing cells and kills them.

Shands Lake Shore is the only hospital in Lake City that provides chemotherapy treatment for patients being treated for cancer. Specially trained nurses provide chemotherapy treatments on an inpatient and outpatient basis supervised by an oncologist.

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