what is the treatment for cancer?

Answer 1

There are a number of different methods used to treat cancer. Surgery, radiation and chemotherapy are three common forms of cancer treatment that have been used for a number of years. Your type of cancer, the extent of your disease, and your general state of health are all influential factors in determining the most appropriate cancer treatment combination.

SURGERY - Certain types of cancer are treated most effectively by simply removing the tumor surgically. Surgery is the oldest form of treating cancer and can also have an important role in diagnosing and staging of cancer. Surgery is done for many reasons, often to accomplish one or more of these goals: preventative (or prophylactic) surgery, diagnostic surgery, staging surgery, curative surgery, debulking (or cytoreductive) surgery, palliative surgery, supportive surgery and restorative (or reconstructive) surgery.

CHEMOTHERPY - Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with drugs that can destroy cancer cells by impeding their growth and reproduction. These drugs often are called "anticancer" drugs. Chemotherapy drugs are given intravenously, by injection or by mouth. Chemotherapy is often used alone, or in conjunction with radiation therapy or surgery.

Chemotherapy can have many unpleasant side effects, such as nausea, vomiting, hair loss and mouth sores. New, and usually effective, approaches to prevent or moderate these side effects will be utilized to help you through your chemotherapy treatment. The fractionated dose approach may diminish the side effects, particularly nausea and vomiting.

RADIATION THERAPY - Radiation therapy is one of the three traditional primary forms of medical treatment used by the experts to treat your cancer, and for relief of symptoms. It may be used alone or in combination with surgery or chemotherapy, almost anywhere within your body. Innovative new techniques have evolved and are still evolving, enabling delivery of higher radiation doses to cancer cells and limited doses to your normal tissue.

CTCA physicians use advanced radiation techniques such as Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) and High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy to strengthen your fight against cancer.

The above are the common treatments for cancer. Apart from these some supplementary treatments, Ayurveda, Homeopathic therapy are also available.

Answer 2

This would depend on the type and position of the cancer, how advanced it was and whether spread had occurred.

Treatments include surgical excision, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. One would also need to include palliative treatment, this means all the managements that can be used to reduce symptoms, but have no effect on the underlying cancer.

Answer 3

(1) Prevention- One of the best ways to prevent cancer is to not smoke or chew tobacco. Many cancers can be prevented by avoiding risk factors such as excessive exposure to sunlight and heavy drinking.
Cancer screenings, such as mammography and breast examination for breast cancer and colonoscopy for colon cancer, may help catch these cancers at their early, most treatable stages. Some people at high risk for developing certain cancers can take medication to reduce their risk.
(2) Surgery- Surgery is the oldest form of effective cancer therapy. It may be used alone or in combination with other modalities.
(3) Chemotherapy--Chemotherapy medicines usually target cells that quickly divide. However, normal cells -- including those found in the blood, hair, and the lining of the gastrointestinal tract -- also divide very quickly. That means chemotherapy can also damage or kill these healthy cells. When this occurs, side effects such as nausea, anemia, and hair loss can occur. Some persons who receive chemotherapy also have fatigue, nerve pain, and infection.
(4) Radiotherapy.--Cancer cells usually multiply faster than other cells in the body. Because radiation is most harmful to rapidly growing cells, radiation therapy damages cancer cells more than normal cells. Specifically, radiation therapy damages the DNA of cancer cells. Doing so prevents the cancer cells from growing and dividing. Unfortunately, certain healthy cells can also be killed by this process. The death of healthy cells can lead to side effects.
(5) Rehabilitation

Answer 4

It depends on the type, stage and location. I was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer. I had a lumpectomy with sentinel node removal. I'm taking 33 days of radiation. I know some who have had a lumpectomy and had chemo + radiation, because their lymph nodes were positive. Mine were negative.

Answer 5

There are over 200 different types of cancer with as many subtypes. Each type of cancer progresses through approximately four different stages of disease. Each type of tumor can also be classified by whether it is a low, medium or high grade variety . . which refers to how aggressive and how fast or slow it will grow and spread. Treatment depends on all the above factors, plus it depends on the patient, their age, and their overall health. A four year old patient in good health being treated for stage 1 Neuroblastoma is totally different than a sixty year old in poor health treated for stage IV colon cancer.

That being said, in general, there are three modalities of treatment used . . all dependant on the type of tumor, stage of progression, and grade of the tumor. Doctors refer to protocols which are oncological guidelines established for various types of treatment. Each protocol can be tailored to fit an individuals needs, but generally a protocol follows what has worked for the majority of patients in the past.

The three modalities are chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery. Other treatments may include chemoperfusion, radio frequency ablation, photon therapy, cryoblation, pellets, clinical trials, bone marrow transplant, peripheral blood stem cell transplant, and other lesser known types of treatment specific to a disease.

Chemotherapy is given as a systemic treatment. Malignant cells can get into the blood stream, travel in the body, lodge and create new tumors at a distance from the original tumor. Chemotherapy is designed to follow the same pathways as the malignant cancer, target fast growing cells, and kill them.
Chemotherapy can also kill and shrink larger tumors making surgery less invasive for a patient. Low does Chemotherapy can also be used as a maintance therapy to control chronic cancer. There are hundreds of different chemotherapy drugs tailored for each specific disease. They can be used as a single agent or in combinations to be more effective. Side effects include hair loss and nausea. Nausea can now be controlled by a variety of anti-nausea meds delivered intra-venously or orally.

Radiation is used to control specific targeted areas of the body. It is effective in killing or shrinking one or two tumors and radiating the tumor bed where microscopic cells remain. It is less effective in controlling widespread disease.
It's often used for stage 1 or stage 2 disease. Less common in stage 4. Sometimes will be used in combination with chemotherapy or during surgery.

Surgery refers to the resection of tumor. It remains one of the best ways of totally eliminating tumors from the body. It is especially effective in early stage cancer and can lead to a cure if margins are met. Surgery for advanced cancer is more complicated as tumor can grow into and invade critical tissue structures making complete removal impossible.
Chemotherapy and radiation can be used in conjunction with surgery or during surgery to treat microscopic or small tumors.

Succesful treatment depends much on the type of cancer, stage of disesae, grade of tumor, and the patients oveall response. Cancer can be difficult to treat, but not impossible. In some cases cancer can be controlled and treated as a chronic disease (low dose chemo to control growth, frequent scans, radiation or surgery if tumors start to grow again).

Answer 6

radiation, chemotherapy, diet, lifestyle.. many others i'm sure.

Answer 7

Pray.. To Allah..

Answer 8

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