Types Of Treatment

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Chemotherapy

 

Chemotherapy is a category of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs. Chemotherapy may be given with a curative intent (which almost always involves combinations of drugs), or it may aim to prolong life or to reduce symptoms (palliative chemotherapy).

Hormonal Therapy

 

Hormone therapy is a treatment that uses medicines to block or lower the amount of hormones in the body to slow down or stop the growth of cancer. Find out more about when you might have it and the different types.

Targeted Therapy

 

Targeted therapy is a special type of chemotherapy that takes advantage of differences between normal cells and cancer cells. Targeted therapy is a cancer treatment that uses drugs.The drugs known as targeted therapy help stop cancer from growing and spreading.

Stem cell

 

Bone marrow transplantation is procedure wherein stem cells from bone marrow that produe various blood cells like red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets are injected into a recipient after a short cource of chemotherapy called conditionaning.

Immunotherapy

 

Some types of immunotherapy are also sometimes called biologic therapy or biotherapy.In the last few decades     immunotherapy has become an important part of treating some types of cancer. Newer types of immune treatments are now being studied.

Palliative Care

 

Palliative care addresses needs of people with a life-limiting illness in a holistic way. It provides individualised care to improve your quality of life and make the time you have as valuable as it can be for you and your family.