Goals and Procedures of Cancer Treatment Therapies with Side-effect

5jan 2017
Goals and Procedures of Cancer Treatment Therapies with Side-effect
As everyone knows cancer treatment have 3 main therapies such as Radiation therapy, Chemotherapy, and Surgery therapy and some others therapies are available for treatment.

As everyone knows cancer treatment have 3 main therapies such as Radiation therapy, Chemotherapy and Surgery therapy and some others therapies are available for treatment like Hormonal therapy, biological therapy or stem cell plant these types of therapies are used some other types of cancer disease. Cancer specialist doctors is known as Oncologist and oncologist also have some categories-

Radiation oncologist- These types of oncologist are an expert in Radiation therapy.

Chemo oncologist- These types of oncologist are an expert in Chemotherapy or Drugs treatment.

Surgery oncologist- These types of oncologist are an expert in surgery therapy.

These types of Doctors or oncologist meet together and create a similar or second opinion for cancer treatment. Every treatment is different as per condition of cancer survivor’s

  • Types of cancer
  • Cancer’s characteristics
  • Stage of cancer
  • Personal situation


Sometimes if two cancer patient and survivors have the same disease then also happen different treatment it depends on survivor’s health.

Treatment Goals:

Cancer treatment has many goals and sometimes treatment can be change as per disease.

Prevention: Prevention is most important during treatment and after treatment of cancer. Treatment is given to stop the growth rate of cancer cells in the body.

Cure: Houston Cancer Specialist gave treatment to cure cancer.

Control: cancer center in Houston is capable of treating cancer and control to the growth of tumor and side-effect of cancer. Sometimes cancer is a comeback for that oncologist should control that type of cancer.

Palliation: When cure is not possible then cancer treatment centers do another

  • Temporarily shrink tumors
  • Reduce symptoms, such as bleeding, pain or pressure
  • Treatment of side-effect area of cancer



Types of Treatment:

Cancer treatment is divided into various types such as:

Local Therapy:

Local therapy treatment is directly provided by affected area because at that time cancer is not spread more and it has a specific area, Radiation therapy, and Surgery therapy are both local therapy.

Systemic Therapy:

In systemic therapy, this treatment is travel through the bloodstream to reach cancer cell and tissue, Chemotherapy treatment is including in systemic therapy, many drugs are directly affected by cancer cells and this therapy is best for comeback cancer.

Targeted Therapy:

Targeted therapy directly attacks the infected cells of cancer while sparing normal cells and removes those cells into the body; this process is also known as a biological process.

A side-effect of treatment:

The side-effect always occurs while you can do any types of treatment, many of them have not experienced but the side-effect is occurred during treatment or after treatment. The side-effect is seen quickly but sometimes it’s shown after a years it come back as a cancer cells.

Many cancer hospitals in Houston has prevented these types of cancer side-effect and try to provide the best treatment without any occurring side-effect.

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