They are given fluids intravenously. The soldiers say they just have to endure the hardship, and continue the medical help, which could save thousands of lives.
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Givenintravenously, Kadcyla courses through the body, looking for breast-cancer cells with a distinguishing feature: a high number of a particular protein, called HER2, on their surface.
If everything is okay, they go to another part of the building where the chemotherapy treatment is givenintravenously to them while they sit in lounge chairs.
However, Packer says he is unsure that any therapy givenintravenously for 24 hours, as all these drugs are, can be expected to show a survival advantage long after patients leave the hospital.