Cancer is a disease where abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy healthy body tissue.
It is important to note; your doctor will examine several areas carefully before prescribing cancer treatment for you. Your doctor will first go through all your test results to see how risky your cancer is. Then, he or she will review your overall health; your age and other health problems. Once these considerations are finished, you will make a decision on which treatment plan you feel the most comfortable with and the risks involved. To conclude, cancer is a disease where abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy healthy body tissue. Talk with your doctor soon and find out more about cancer treatments.
For the most part, these are the most common treatments for several types of cancer:
1. Immunotherapy
Cancer immunotherapy aims to artificially stimulate the patient’s immune system or provide the necessary immune system proteins required to fight and destroy cancer cells. These are often referred to as biologic therapy or biotherapy.
2. Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy, often referred to simply as chemo, is a drug therapy given either orally or intravenously to stop cancer cell growth, and destroy abnormal cells and prevent them from spreading. Chemotherapy is often prescribed prior to cancer surgery, or after surgery if any cancer cells remain.
3. Clinical trials
A cancer patient may be recommended for a clinical trial, which are controlled medical research studies that test the effectiveness of leading edge treatments on cancer patients.
4. Radiation therapy
Radiation, or radiotherapy, often treats localized cancers or tumors by directing high-powered rays at the affected area. Radiation may also be implanted directly into the body, near the cancerous tumor.
5. Cancer surgery
Surgery to treat cancer is often recommended to patients with localized tumors, meaning they have not yet spread (or metastasized) to other areas of the body. Tumor removal surgery aims to remove the tumor as well as a margin of surrounding healthy tissue. The surgeon may use traditional incisions or a less invasive laparoscopic (using a lighted tube and camera), cryosurgery (using liquid nitrogen), laser (employing high-intensity light), endoscopy (using an endoscope through the mouth), or Mohs micrographic (using a microscope to shave off cancerous skin layers) surgery to remove cancerous tumors.
