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How does chemo and radiation therapy stop cancer from growing?
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Is it safe to be around a person undergoing chemo and radiation therapy for cancer when you are pregnant?
for people undergoing chemo it is just alright to be near that person. however there is a certain type of radiation therapy wherein you need to keep your distance with that person. such form is called internal radiation therapy wherein the cancer patient will receive implantable radiation source. the best way for you to protect your pregnancy from chemo and radiation is to stay away from them. avoid handling chemo drugs and stay away from any radiation source.
What are some types of cancer therapy?
There are many different types of cancers with different pathologies, growth rates and treatments. Common cancer treatment therapies include chemo therapy, radiation therapy, surgery and more.
What is the treatment for hodgkins lymphoma?
Chemo therapy
Good things about radiation?
Chemo radiation kill cancer cells.
Is hormone replacement therapy ever an option for uterine cancer treatment over chemo or radiation?
Actually, I believe it is not. In fact studies have show hormone replacement therapy may increase your risk of other cancers. Therefore it seems that you should try to avoid this as an option. Chemo and radiation are really your only options.
How is cancer best treated?
it can be treated by chemo therapy or if it is melanoma it can be cut out
If you have breast cancer stage 1 with no lymphnode involvement do you have to take chemo therapy?
You can get that tumor surgically removed and do some radiation to help clear it all up and lessen chances of it coming back. You may not need Chemo, at all.
If someone has breast cancer what is the medical treatment?
Depending on the severity of the breast cancer the treatments usually areMastectomy, lumpectomy, chemo therapy and radiation. Different combinations of the treatments are used. The doctor should explain ALL of them.
How does cancer kill people?
Because if you don't get chemo-therapy you will have the cancer still inside of you. Therefore, you will die.
What is the diagnosis for a patient who has knots on the back of their neck after completing chemo and radiation therapy for tonsil cancer?
This is quite common and usually a side effect of the radiation therapy. Please see your Oncologist and discuss this with them because once they explain this to you it will put your mind to rest. God Bless & Get Well Soon!
Can you get rid of Lung Cancer?
Sadly there is no easy way to be rid of cancer. Often it requires long rounds of chemo-therapy, sometimes radiation treatments, and quite commonly surgery, but none of these are a guarantee. It will depend on the type of cancer you have and at what stage it was discovered and treatment began.
Wound person have to have surgery to remove his penis cancer?
If a person has a cancerous tumor, one option is surgical removal of the tumor. Another option is chemo therapy, which would require radiation treatments.
