A Guide to Infusion at Penn Medicine

View a step-by-step guide on where to go and what to expect at your first chemotherapy appointment at Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center. We explain the entire infusion process, including check in, blood work, provider visit, scheduling infusion, formulation and verification, and the infusion treatment itself.

If you need chemotherapy, a medical/oncologist will coordinate this part of your care. Penn medical oncologists have a great deal of experience in the use of chemotherapy as part of an overall cancer treatment program and in chemotherapy research.

Depending upon your kind of cancer and its stage of development, chemotherapy can be used to:
-Cure cancer
-Prevent the spread of cancer to other parts of the body
-Kill cancer cells that have spread to other parts of the body
-Decrease the size of a cancerous tumor
-Relieve symptoms caused by cancer

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