What today there are methods of treating cancer

Cancer is a disease of civilization. Developed industry, as a consequence of bad environment, bad habits, heredity plosion and substandard food will lead to the development of many cancers. In this article we consider the most popular methods of treatment and tell us about them, Sergei Baido - surgeon-oncologist, hospital Oncology Israeli "Lisod".

Surgical technique

This method, as a separate use in the treatment of people with cancer of the gall bladder, liver, stomach, and intestine. In breast cancer, lung, bladder, and esophagus this method as a standalone can be used only in the early stages of cancer. In the later stages surgical treatment combined with preoperative or postoperative radiation therapy.

Radiation method

This method, as a separate use in the treatment of people diagnosed with: cancer of the larynx, lower lip, tonsil, skin, mucous membranes of the oral cavity, cervix, nasopharynx, lymphosarcoma, Hodgkin's disease. Radiation therapy is gamma rays or x-rays. 

the treatment Efficiency can be greatly increased if external irradiation combined with intracavitary or interstitial. This method of radiation therapy called match-radial.

a Chemotherapeutic method

Many anticancer drugs have a specific action. The effectiveness of the treatment increases the combination of 2-and > chemotherapy. This type of therapy is called chemotherapy and it is widely used together with other methods of cancer treatment.

Hormone therapy

This type of therapy is used in the treatment of oncological diseases of mammary and prostate glands and other hormone-dependent organs. Using estrogens, progestins, corticosteroids, and androgens.

Biotherapy

This type of therapy involves the use of different natural bioactive agents (interleukins, interferons, etc.), immunotherapy using activated lymphocytes, different vaccines and immunomodulatory drugs.

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