Primary Cancer treatments

The general treatment of cancer, according to the types of cancer, location, number of installments vary, can be broadly divided into the following points: 

 1. Surgical removal method: It is directly to the tumor and the possible spread to areas affected by cutting together. Generally speaking, 35% of cancer can be cured by surgical methods, and those using other methods of cancer cases can not be cured. Surgical methods can only be cured one-third of cancer patients because there are some restrictions on it, because only in the early stage of cancer surgery will be effective, especially in some cancer early, such as the colon, rectum, kidney, breast , uterus and other parts of the cancer, 80 percent can be cured. When the cancer to the second stage of development, which is cancer of the lymph nodes around the infringement, and then undergo an operation at this time can only achieve its cure rate of 20%. If the tumor has been transferred to the distant, that is, by the proliferation of the body, this time in addition to an isolated case, the surgery alone can not cure cancer, but some can use surgical methods to alleviate the disease and prolong patient's life. 

 2. Radiation therapy: Radiation energy to kill the cancerous cells, there are cobalt - 60, linear accelerator, brachytherapy machine. Radiation therapy can be used alone can also be treated with other therapies, such as pre-operative or post-operative radiotherapy. The following types of radiation therapy on cancer effects are particularly good; nasopharyngeal cancer, skin cancer, cervical cancer, larynx, oral cavity, maxillary sinus cancer, testicular cancer and so on, the cure rate is 90%. 

 3. Chemical treatment: is the use of synthetic chemical drugs to treat cancer. Chemotherapy is sometimes used in surgery or radiation therapy before or after the complementary therapies. But for the treatment of leukemia is the most important for the therapy. 

 4. Other treatment methods: A bone marrow transplant therapy, immunotherapy, as well as the rehabilitation and psychological therapy.