Treatment Types
Find out what you need to know about the most common types of
cancer treatment, such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and
many others. Learn how they work and why they are used, and get an idea
of what to expect and how they might affect you if you're getting them.
Surgery can be used to diagnose, treat, or even help prevent
cancer in some cases. Most people with cancer will have some type of
surgery. It often offers the greatest chance for cure, especially if the
cancer has not spread to other parts of the body. Learn more about
surgery here.
Chemotherapy (chemo) is the use of medicines or drugs to treat
cancer. The thought of having chemotherapy frightens many people. But
knowing what chemotherapy is, how it works, and what to expect can often
help calm your fears. It can also give you a better sense of control
over your cancer treatment.
Radiation therapy uses high-energy particles or waves to destroy
or damage cancer cells. It is one of the most common treatments for
cancer, either by itself or along with other forms of treatment. Learn
more about radiation therapy in this section.
Targeted therapy is a newer type of cancer treatment that uses drugs
or other substances to more precisely identify and attack cancer cells,
usually while doing little damage to normal cells. Targeted therapy is a
growing part of many cancer treatment regimens. Find out more about it
here.
Immunotherapy is treatment that uses your body's own immune system
to help fight cancer. Get information about the different types of
immunotherapy and the types of cancer they are used to treat.
The idea of using heat to treat cancer has been around for some
time, but early attempts had mixed results. Today, newer tools allow
more precise delivery of heat, and hyperthermia is being studied for use
against many types of cancer.
Here we offer a review of bone marrow transplants and other types
of stem cell transplants that are used to treat cancer. We outline what a
transplant is like for most people, and discuss some of the issues that
come with it.
Photodynamic therapy or PDT is a treatment that uses special
drugs, called photosensitizing agents, along with light to kill cancer
cells. The drugs only work after they have been activated or "turned on"
by certain kinds of light.
Lasers, which are very powerful, precise beams of light, can be
used instead of blades (scalpels) for very careful surgical work,
including treating some cancers.
Transfusions of blood and blood products temporarily replace parts
of the blood when a person's body can't make its own or has lost them
from bleeding. Here, we describe blood and its components and why they
are important. We also explain how blood is donated and transfused and
how this relates to people with cancer.
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