CANCER THERAPY  Surgery  Radiation Therapy  Chemotherapy  Stem Cell Transplant  Immunotherapy  Targeted Therapy  Hormone Therapy  Precision Medicine

SURGERY-CUTTING OR USING SCALPELS TO REMOVE OR TREAT CANCER  Cryosurgery-extreme cold by liquid nitrogen  Lasers-powerful beams of light used to cut through tissue  Hyperthermia- small areas of body tissues exposed to high temperature (clinical trials)  Photodynamic therapy-use of drugs which react to light

RADIATION- USE OF HIGH ENERGY RADIATION SUCH AS X-RAYS, GAMMA RAYS TO SHRINK TUMORS AND KILL CANCER CELLS  External Beam- machine that aims radiation at your cancer Internal Radiation- source of radiation is put inside your body

CHEMOTHERAPY- USE OF MEDICINES AND DRUGS TO TREAT CANCER  Many different types of drugs available often used in combination.  Given in many different ways; Oral, Intravenous, Injection, Intrathecal, Intraperitoneal, Intra- arterial, Topical Catheter, Port, Pump

STEM CELL TRANSPLANT- (BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT) INFUSION OF HEALTHY STEM CELLS INTO BONE MARROW Indirect treatment of Cancer  Autologous, which means the stem cells come from you, the patient  Allogeneic, which means the stem cells come from someone else. The donor may be a blood relative but can also be someone who is not related.  Syngeneic, which means the stem cells come from your identical twin, if you have one

HORMONE THERAPIES-USE OF HORMONES TO SLOW OR STOP GROWTH  Treat cancer. Hormone therapy can lessen the chance that cancer will return or stop or slow its growth.  Ease cancer symptoms. Hormone therapy may be used to reduce or prevent symptoms in men with prostate cancer who are not able to have surgery or radiation therapy.symptoms surgeryradiation therapy

OTHER THERAPIES- NEWER, SOME STILL IN CLINICAL TRIALS  Immunotherapy  Targeted Therapy  Angiogenesis Therapy  Precision Medicine

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