Cancer Treatment-The following could be used to treat cancer, as quoted from Cancer.gov,:
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is one type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to destroy cancer cells. These drugs work to halt or slow the growth of cancer cells. But sometimes these treatments can cause side effects such as fatigue, nausea, vomiting, decreased blood cells, hair loss, mouth sores, pain in the body or it could also cause healthy cells to grow rapidly.
Radiotherapy
This treatment uses certain types of energy (ionizing radiation) to kill cancer cells or shrink the tumor (lump). This radiation will damage the genetic material of cancer cells, so that these cells can not grow or divide again. But in some cases this radiation can also attack healthy cells.
Surgery
Treatment with this surgery done to repair or remove parts of the body which has didagnosis cancer cells. Treatment with this operation can also be combined with radiation, chemotherapy or hormone therapy.
Cryosurgery
This treatment is by using liquid nitrogen or argon gas is very cold to destroy abnormal tissue, can be used for external cancer or cancer in the body. For the internal physician usually uses ultrasound or MRI to help monitor equipment (cryoprobe) is inserted in the body to do the freezing cell, thus limiting damage to surrounding healthy tissue.
Trans Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy / embolization
Cancer treatment is practically new, that is by injecting anti-cancer drugs directly to the areas where there are cancer cells through the arteries. This treatment can be done to liver cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer or lung cancer.
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