Treatment Of Cancer
There are different methods available in treating cancer.
Standard methods include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy and biologic therapy.
Surgery prevents and analyzes a cancer.
It is done by removing tumors and cancerous tissues.
Chemotherapy uses a drug to reduce cancer cells.
It is commonly given by a pill or administered intravenously.
Unlike surgery, chemotherapy affects the entire body.
It targets rapidly multiplying cancer cells but it can also cause the other types of cells in our bodies to multiply.
Side effects of treatment may include hair loss and upset stomach.
Radiation therapy uses certain types of energy to shrink tumors or eliminate cancer cells.
It works by damaging a cancer cell's DNA, making it unable to multiply.
Cancer cells are highly sensitive to radiation and typically die when treated.
Nearby healthy cells can be damaged as well, but are resilient and are able to fully recover.
Biologic therapy is a term for drugs that target characteristics of cancerous tumors.
Some types of this work by blocking the biological process that allows tumors to thrive and grow.
Other types of therapies cut off the blood supply to the tumor, causing it to basically starve and die because of a lack of blood.
Cancer drugs and therapies are continuously being researched in clinical trials to improve the current methods and gather new information on treatments for cancer patient.
To test the effectiveness of these procedures, this research needs volunteers who meet certain criteria.
Others may choose alternative cancer treatments.
Significant interest is currently thrown by oncologists in herbal medicine.
Clinical data in the past showed some herbs possessed anticancer properties but was discounted for lack of scientific validity and evidence.
Recent tests showed encouraging results however there is still a lot to be investigated and more tests to conduct.
Before you choose which treatment to go through, you should know by heart what is expected after the surgery, and the risk that you have to take.
Some patients are not aware of the complications they will go through after the surgery and only to find out that the complications are more painful than the surgery itself.
Before you go over with the benefits of the surgery, it should be clear to you what are the side effects and complications you will be dealing with.
A cancer specialist will provide you with the treatment options and recommend the best treatment for you depending on your cancer type and other factors such as your age and general health.
The doctor will may also give you information from other health experts or refer you to other professionals for second opinion.
In the end, you will have to decide for yourself.
It is still your decision that will matter in the end.
Remember that the surgery itself is worth a fortune, so ensure that your heart and mind is 100% into it.
If surgery or the therapy is the only option left for you to keep breathing, are you not going to take even a single hope of trying it? If life is at stake, we are willing to do anything, even if the percentage of survival is less than the possibility of risks.
Standard methods include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy and biologic therapy.
Surgery prevents and analyzes a cancer.
It is done by removing tumors and cancerous tissues.
Chemotherapy uses a drug to reduce cancer cells.
It is commonly given by a pill or administered intravenously.
Unlike surgery, chemotherapy affects the entire body.
It targets rapidly multiplying cancer cells but it can also cause the other types of cells in our bodies to multiply.
Side effects of treatment may include hair loss and upset stomach.
Radiation therapy uses certain types of energy to shrink tumors or eliminate cancer cells.
It works by damaging a cancer cell's DNA, making it unable to multiply.
Cancer cells are highly sensitive to radiation and typically die when treated.
Nearby healthy cells can be damaged as well, but are resilient and are able to fully recover.
Biologic therapy is a term for drugs that target characteristics of cancerous tumors.
Some types of this work by blocking the biological process that allows tumors to thrive and grow.
Other types of therapies cut off the blood supply to the tumor, causing it to basically starve and die because of a lack of blood.
Cancer drugs and therapies are continuously being researched in clinical trials to improve the current methods and gather new information on treatments for cancer patient.
To test the effectiveness of these procedures, this research needs volunteers who meet certain criteria.
Others may choose alternative cancer treatments.
Significant interest is currently thrown by oncologists in herbal medicine.
Clinical data in the past showed some herbs possessed anticancer properties but was discounted for lack of scientific validity and evidence.
Recent tests showed encouraging results however there is still a lot to be investigated and more tests to conduct.
Before you choose which treatment to go through, you should know by heart what is expected after the surgery, and the risk that you have to take.
Some patients are not aware of the complications they will go through after the surgery and only to find out that the complications are more painful than the surgery itself.
Before you go over with the benefits of the surgery, it should be clear to you what are the side effects and complications you will be dealing with.
A cancer specialist will provide you with the treatment options and recommend the best treatment for you depending on your cancer type and other factors such as your age and general health.
The doctor will may also give you information from other health experts or refer you to other professionals for second opinion.
In the end, you will have to decide for yourself.
It is still your decision that will matter in the end.
Remember that the surgery itself is worth a fortune, so ensure that your heart and mind is 100% into it.
If surgery or the therapy is the only option left for you to keep breathing, are you not going to take even a single hope of trying it? If life is at stake, we are willing to do anything, even if the percentage of survival is less than the possibility of risks.
