{"id":17731,"date":"2025-07-08T11:16:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/services\/cancer-care\/chemotherapy-drug-therapy\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:06:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:06:49","slug":"chemotherapy-drug-therapy","status":"publish","type":"services","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/cancer-care\/chemotherapy-drug-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Quimioterapia ou terapia medicamentosa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tratamento do cancro com quimioterapia ou terapia medicamentosa perto de si em MA e RI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A terapia medicamentosa \u00e9 utilizada para ajudar os doentes com cancro de v\u00e1rias formas. Os diferentes tipos de terapias dispon\u00edveis funcionam para destruir as c\u00e9lulas cancer\u00edgenas, impedir a sua propaga\u00e7\u00e3o, abrandar o seu crescimento ou aliviar os efeitos secund\u00e1rios do cancro e do<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/cancer-care\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tratamento do cancro<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Na Southcoast Health, estamos aqui para prestar apoio em todas as etapas da sua jornada contra o cancro, na esperan\u00e7a de a tornar o mais tranquila poss\u00edvel.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">O que \u00e9 a terapia medicamentosa?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O objetivo da quimioterapia e de outras terapias medicamentosas depende do tipo de cancro e da sua fase. Alguns doentes podem necessitar apenas de um tipo de tratamento, enquanto outros podem ter uma combina\u00e7\u00e3o de tratamentos prescritos.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tipos de terapias medicamentosas para doentes com cancro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quimioterapia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamb\u00e9m chamada quimioterapia, a quimioterapia ajuda a destruir as c\u00e9lulas cancerosas ou a torn\u00e1-las menos activas. Como as c\u00e9lulas cancerosas se multiplicam muito mais rapidamente do que a maioria dos outros tipos de c\u00e9lulas do corpo, a quimioterapia utiliza subst\u00e2ncias qu\u00edmicas poderosas para atingir e matar as c\u00e9lulas de crescimento r\u00e1pido. Este tipo de terapia medicamentosa pode ser utilizado de v\u00e1rias formas. Os exemplos incluem:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Quimioterapia adjuvante<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">que destr\u00f3i as c\u00e9lulas cancer\u00edgenas que possam restar ap\u00f3s uma cirurgia ou radioterapia.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Quimioterapia concomitante<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">que ajuda a cirurgia ou a radioterapia a funcionar melhor (quando combinadas).<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Quimioterapia neo-adjuvante<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">que ajuda a reduzir os tumores antes da cirurgia ou da radioterapia.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Al\u00edvio dos sintomas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> de tumores ou c\u00e9lulas cancer\u00edgenas.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Tratamento<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> para cancros recorrentes ou metast\u00e1ticos.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Terapia com medicamentos hormonais<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frequentemente utilizado para tratar&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/cancer-care\/breast-cancer\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">peito<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> e&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/cancer-care\/prostate-cancer\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cancro da pr\u00f3stata<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A terapia com medicamentos hormonais altera certas hormonas para destruir as c\u00e9lulas cancer\u00edgenas ou abrandar o seu crescimento. Por vezes, \u00e9 utilizada para reduzir um tumor antes de&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/cancer-care\/radiation-therapy-technology\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">radioterapia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assim, a radia\u00e7\u00e3o pode ser administrada numa \u00e1rea mais pequena.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Terapia biol\u00f3gica<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A terapia biol\u00f3gica envolve a utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o de organismos vivos para ajudar a tratar doen\u00e7as. Ajuda a refor\u00e7ar o seu sistema imunit\u00e1rio para que este possa destruir as c\u00e9lulas cancer\u00edgenas e impedir o seu regresso.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Terapia direcionada<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A terapia dirigida altera a forma como as c\u00e9lulas cancer\u00edgenas se comportam, de modo a impedir o seu crescimento e propaga\u00e7\u00e3o. Este tipo de terapia medicamentosa actua visando genes espec\u00edficos, prote\u00ednas ou o ambiente tecidular que contribui para o crescimento e sobreviv\u00eancia do cancro.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Medicamentos de apoio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Os medicamentos de suporte ajudam os doentes com cancro a gerir os efeitos secund\u00e1rios que o cancro ou o seu tratamento podem causar. Dependendo do tipo e da gravidade do cancro, os medicamentos de suporte podem prevenir, gerir ou aliviar estes efeitos secund\u00e1rios desconfort\u00e1veis.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">O que esperar da quimioterapia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cada tipo de terapia medicamentosa tem seu pr\u00f3prio processo e efeitos colaterais. Normalmente, para os pacientes que recebem quimioterapia, esta ser\u00e1 administrada no Southcoast Cancer Center em Fairhaven ou Fall River. A maioria das pessoas recebe tratamentos intravenosos em regime de \"ambulat\u00f3rio\", o que significa que n\u00e3o precisa de passar a noite. Outras podem necessitar de um internamento no hospital durante a noite. O tratamento intravenoso pode durar de 15 minutos a v\u00e1rias horas.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Como a quimioterapia pode afetar algumas c\u00e9lulas saud\u00e1veis de crescimento r\u00e1pido, este tipo de terapia medicamentosa tem frequentemente efeitos secund\u00e1rios.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Como s\u00e3o administradas as terapias medicamentosas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A forma como um doente recebe a terap\u00eautica medicamentosa depende do tipo de cancro e dos medicamentos que s\u00e3o utilizados. As terapias medicamentosas s\u00e3o mais frequentemente administradas:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Oralmente<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (por via oral), que inclui comprimidos, tabletes, c\u00e1psulas ou l\u00edquidos que se engolem.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Por via intravenosa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (IV), o que permite que os medicamentos sejam injectados lentamente nas veias.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Por inje\u00e7\u00e3o<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">que pode ser administrada no bra\u00e7o, na perna, na anca, no est\u00f4mago ou noutra parte do corpo.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"scalp-cooling\">Arrefecimento do couro cabeludo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A Southcoast Health orgulha-se de oferecer servi\u00e7os de arrefecimento do couro cabeludo a doentes que se enquadrem bem. O arrefecimento do couro cabeludo, tamb\u00e9m conhecido como touca fria, \u00e9 a \u00fanica forma eficaz de ajudar a reduzir e gerir a queda de cabelo induzida pela quimioterapia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A touca de arrefecimento, que se apresenta em duas sec\u00e7\u00f5es (uma touca interior e uma cobertura exterior), \u00e9 usada durante algum tempo antes, durante e algum tempo depois da infus\u00e3o de quimioterapia. A touca est\u00e1 ligada a um sistema que faz circular um l\u00edquido refrigerante \u00e0 volta da touca interior, reduzindo a temperatura do couro cabeludo. A redu\u00e7\u00e3o da temperatura do couro cabeludo ajuda a proteger os fol\u00edculos capilares e limita os danos causados pelos medicamentos de quimioterapia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O arrefecimento do couro cabeludo \u00e9 um tratamento seguro com alguns efeitos secund\u00e1rios potenciais que podem incluir: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arrepios<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tonturas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dor de cabe\u00e7a<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>N\u00e1useas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prurido (comich\u00e3o intensa) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dor nos seios nasais<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doen\u00e7as do tecido cut\u00e2neo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ulcera\u00e7\u00e3o da pele<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parestesia (uma sensa\u00e7\u00e3o anormal, como formigueiro, c\u00f3cegas, picadas, dorm\u00eancia ou ardor na pele - uma sensa\u00e7\u00e3o de \"alfinetes e agulhas\")<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Os seus profissionais de sa\u00fade podem aconselh\u00e1-lo se o arrefecimento do couro cabeludo \u00e9 suscet\u00edvel de ser bem sucedido com o seu tratamento de quimioterapia, ou se quaisquer outros tratamentos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tratamentos abrangentes do cancro em Massachusetts e Rhode Island<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A nossa equipa da <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/locations\/?specialties=cancer-care&amp;search\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centro de Cancro de Southcoast<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> dedica-se a prestar cuidados minuciosos e compassivos, independentemente do tipo de cancro que esteja a enfrentar. Determinaremos a terapia medicamentosa e o curso de tratamento adequados para atender \u00e0s suas necessidades pessoais de sa\u00fade. Os pacientes com um novo diagn\u00f3stico de cancro podem esperar receber uma consulta com um especialista em Oncologia da Southcoast Health no prazo de 24 a 48 horas. Por favor\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contacte-nos hoje mesmo para saber mais sobre os nossos servi\u00e7os em Massachusetts e Rhode Island ou para marcar a sua consulta.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Treating Cancer with Chemotherapy or Drug Therapy Near You in MA &amp; RI Drug therapy is used to help cancer patients in a variety of ways. 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