Cancer is a nightmare of modern people, on average, one every 4 individuals may be suffering from cancer. Therefore, awareness of modern cancer treatment is a compulsory course.
Cancer in general can be divided into two broad categories: entities, cancer and blood cancer. For example: lung cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer organ these entities arising from cancer, the entity known as cancer. As for leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma these blood-related cancers, then known as blood cancer.
Generally speaking, the early treatment of cancer of the main entities in order to cut the main, and then supplemented by chemotherapy and radiation therapy; blood cancer, it is mainly of chemical treatment, if necessary, supplemented by radiation therapy, as well as bone marrow transplantation. As for advanced cancer of the entity, because cure is impossible to have expectations, so surgical treatment of cancer in the late entities will no longer play an important role.
Surgical treatment, at an early stage of cancer treatment entity, it is the most critical priority. For example, the treatment of breast cancer, axillary lymph node and the eradication of surgery on the patient's prognosis is closely related; Similarly, colorectal cancer surgery, the lymph nodes removed, as playing a pivotal position. Therefore, at the beginning of cancer treatment, when the operation really well, is to improve early entity the only way to cure cancer.
Chemotherapy in general, can be divided into adjuvant chemotherapy and supportive chemotherapy. Adjuvant chemotherapy refers to the early entity cancer treated by surgery, to improve the treatment rate and reduce the recurrence of cancer chemotherapy implemented. And supporting the chemical treatment, it is advanced cancer, in order to extend the life of a patient to alleviate the suffering of cancer caused by the implementation of chemotherapy.
For example, early breast cancer and colorectal cancer, surgical treatment with chemotherapy, so that can effectively reduce the relapse rate, succeeded in raising the cure rate.
As for advanced cancer of the entities, some of cancer's response to chemical treatment that is still good, so will be given chemotherapy and look forward to extending the life of patients and alleviate the symptoms of cancer.
However, if this is the blood of cancer, chemotherapy is the main treatment tool. When necessary, coupled with the bone marrow transplant, to improve the cure rate of cancer of the blood is an important key.
Radiation therapy is commonly known as the Co-60 treatment, however, has now replaced almost all generated by linear accelerator radiotherapy to treat patients, rather than energy unstable isotope cobalt-60 had. Radiotherapy for cancer in some regard, is a curative treatment. For example, nasopharyngeal cancer and Hodgkin's lymphoma. And in a variety of early stage cancer treatment, radiation therapy can effectively improve the cure rate and reduce the relapse rate. For example, breast cancer and rectal cancer. As in advanced cancer patients, radiation therapy can effectively slow down the patient's symptoms. For example, in patients with bone metastases, radiation therapy can help patients who do not have to bear the kind of biting pain.
Not all cancers are incurable disease, as long as they can early to accept the correct treatment, will be able to conquer cancer, the fight against cancer. Therefore, awareness of modern cancer treatment is a compulsory course.
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