Cancer Treatment Methods

Cancer medical treatment can divide into many parts but it has some side effect also, having so many treatments according to there type with treatment tips and therapies are discussed in this article.

Some medical treatment types are as follows:

Operation – In case of having brain cancer in the form of tumor, it can only be removed by surgery. Tumor is nothing but disease affected part. Surgery is done if the cancer is only in one part of the body and has not spread across. It may be used to remove lymph nodes if these are also affected by the cancer. The type of operation will depend on the area of body, which is affected by the cancer treatment and also on the size, and the position of the tumor.

Drugs or Chemotherapy –Anti-cancer drugs are used to destroy cancer cells. There are so many different Chemotherapy drugs. Some are given as tablets or capsules but mostly given by drip into a vein. It can cause side effects, again depends upon the combination of drugs used.

Use of X-RAYS In Radiotherapy – Radiotherapy uses very high range energy x-rays to destroy the cancer cells and causes a very little harm to normal cells. The radiotherapy is intended at the affected part of the body and is very carefully planned. This therapy causes side effects and most common one involved is tiredness.

Hormonal therapy – This treatment works by altering the levels of particular hormones in the body. after cancer detection altering means the level of hormones in the body, or blocking the hormones from attaching to the cancer cells, it can be controlled and cured.

While treating cancer from these medical treatment options nutrition plays a great role in order to vanish the side effects of cancer shortly after the treatment being done.

Some types of cancer that grows very slowly and may cause no problems for many years. In this you may not need to have any treatment for sometime, but your doctor will monitor it closely so that if the cancer starts to grow you can be treated at that very time.

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Cancer Treatment – Self Medication

Cancer is not a single disease in fact it is the combination of diseases, so its treatment is also different for different type of cancer There are so many types of cancer like skin cancer, lung cancer, brain cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer and so on. Cancer could be treated if it is diagnosed at an early stage only. Apart from other cancer treatment options, some self medication tips are also useful for treating cancer.

Self Medication Tips:-

Some good things that a cancer patient can do to help in reducing aftermaths of cancer through some simple changes in the lifestyle:

1. Use a sunscreen with at least a 15 SPF (Sun Protection Factor) when you are in the sun and try to avoid the sun. Overexposure to the sun causes skin cancer.
2. Smoking is the main causes of lung cancer so stop smoking. Smoking habit contributes to one-fourth cancer patient to deaths.
3. Avoid excessive stress
4. Eat a healthy diet that has less than 30 percent fats. High fat consumption increases your risk of developing colorectal cancer and perhaps other cancers.
5. Fiber rich foods can reduce risk of developing colon cancer, breast cancer also
6. Eat vegetables and fruits, especially green and cruciferous vegetables as well as yellow and orange vegetables and fruits.
7. Eat less of foods that are smoked or cured with salt or nitrate like junk foods.
8. Keep your weight down.
9. Exercise regularly
10. Make sure that you take more than the RDA (but less than toxic doses) of vitamins. A, folic acid, C, and E.
11. Avoid unnecessary x-rays.
12. Cut back on alcohol.
13. Eat cereals, breads, other grain products, vegetable and fruits
14. Include garlic in your daily diet as there are known benefits of garlic in preventing cancer.

Prevention is always better than cure. One should avoid the chances of getting cancer and if anyone has cancer, should avoid to getting into the complicated stage. We can avoid the drastic threats of cancer by applying these simple steps regularly and can lead a healthy cancer free life.

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