How long does chemotherapy stay in your system?
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Last updated: Sep 16, 2011
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How long does chemotherapy stay in your system after all treatments?
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Andrew Putnam, M.D. is the director of the Palliative Care Program at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and Georgetown University.
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While the effects of chemotherapy can take place over a longer period of time (maybe weeks), the actual chemicals that are chemotherapy are generally out of the person's system within 24 hours. This assumes that the person's kidneys and liver are able to process the chemotherapy within a normal period of time
