Cancer Treatment Medically includes: chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, monoclonal antibody therapy, hormone therapy, etc.. The ultimate goal is to eradicate, to kill or alter cancer cells.
1. Cancer Treatment with Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy has a working principle of the poison or kill cancer cells, controlling the growth of cancer cells, and stop its growth so as not to spread or to relieve symptoms caused by cancer. Chemotherapy is a systematic, in contrast with radiation or surgery that is local, so chemotherapy can reach cancer cells that may have spread and spread to other parts of the body. The success rate of chemotherapy also varies by type of cancer it. Side effects of chemotherapy is to decrease the number of blood cells, infection, anemia, bleeding such as nosebleeds, hair loss, itching and dry skin, nausea and vomiting, dehydration, low blood pressure, constipation, diarrhea, nervous system disorders.
2. Cancer Treatment with Radiation (Radiation)
Cancer Treatment with Radiation is usually done before or after surgery to shrink the tumor. Radiation is done in an attempt to destroy the tissues that have been hit by cancer. Radiation side effects are nausea and vomiting, decreased number of white blood cells, infection / inflammation, skin reactions such as sunburn, fatigue, sore mouth and throat p there, diarrhea and can lead to baldness.
3. Cancer Treatment Through Surgery
Surgery is the treatment of cancer of the oldest. Some cancers can often be cured only with surgery if done at an early stage. For some cases, the best cancer treatment is a combination of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Surgery or radiation to treat cancer that land is limited, whereas chemotherapy aims to kill cancer cells that are beyond the reach of surgery or radiation. Sometimes radiation or chemotherapy before surgery to reduce the size of the tumor or after surgery to destroy cancer cells that may remain.
