Care teams often implant a chemo port into patients with cancer to provide easy access for blood draws and to deliver treatments such as chemotherapy and antibiotics. Here, as part of its Heal at Home ...

Also called an implanted port, port-a-cath or medi-port, a chemo port has two parts: the port and the catheter. The port is a quarter-sized plastic or metal disc. (If you have the metal kind, don’t ...

Yes, there are definite chemo outfit dos and don’ts. Rule 1: Create a flamer. Create one outfit you wear every time: Plan to burn it on the last day of chemo in a fiery celebration of the finish. I ...

How soon you can start chemotherapy after having your port placed can depend on certain factors, including the urgency in beginning treatment and your recovery following port insertion. You can ...