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Like other medicines can be taken different ways, there are several ways to administer chemotherapy. In most cases, is given intravenously, into a vein. This method of administration is also called “IV”. For this, a tiny tube inserted into a vein through the skin. In general, treatment is performed in the arm. The tube is connected to a bag containing the drug. The medicine flows from the bag into the vein and enters the bloodstream. Once the medicine is in the blood can travel through the body and attack cancer cells.

Sometimes an IV is placed permanently under the skin in a larger blood vessel of the upper chest. Thus, a child can receive chemotherapy and other medicines through the catheter without the need to always use a vein in your arm. The catheter remains under the skin until it is completed cancer treatment. Can also be used for blood sampling and other treatments, such as blood transfusions, without the need for so many punctures.

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