Is there such thing as a chemotherapy patch that you administer at home?

[sifford844]

Ok so my sister in law says she has ovarian cancer. This was back in March. Said the tumor was the size of a cantaloupe and was bruising her liver and they weren't going to perform surgery until it got smaller. Ok. Then they were putting her on a chemotherapy patch that you administered at home twice a week. Ok. She never saw an oncologist. Her family practice doctor is taking care of it all.....

The only red flag I have is that she hasn't lost any weight, hair, still has a normal appetite, still has sex on a regular basis with some friends with benefits, and drinks about every weekend........I don't want to be accusatory, but I do know enough to know this isn't typical behavior for someone with a tumor the size of a cantaloupe......

Can you give me a little heads up as to whether shes telling the truth, or getting a whole lot of sympathy for nothing......

[tinmuning]

I've heard of patches used in patients taking chemotherapy but those are only to reduce the symptoms associated with chemotherapy. They are not used to deliver the chemotherapy agent to the body. Chemotherapy drugs are deliveredv to the patient's body via oral route (pills), IV, injection, topical (via cream,usually for skin cancer only).