Chemotherapy is one of the more famous ways in which cancer is battled, and its trademark is the appearance of a bald head, worn as a badge of honor by many sufferers.
There are many, many different ways to be given chemotherapy, and how it is given often reflects what type of cancer it is. For example, someone with bladder cancer might receive an injection directly into the bladder (called intravesical) for a faster, more localized result.
Chemotherapy may be taken orally, by pill or liquid, intravenously, intramuscularly (directly injected into the muscle), intra-arterial (into the artery), intrapleural (into the chest cavity), intrathecal (into the spinal cord), subcutaneous (under the skin), intraperitoneal (into the abdominal cavity), intratumoral and intralesional (into the tumor or cancer itself).
