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Cancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment. [1] Treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy including small-molecule drugs or monoclonal antibodies, [2] and PARP inhibitors such as olaparib. [3]
Cancer immunotherapy (immuno-oncotherapy) is the stimulation of the immune system to treat cancer, improving the immune system's natural ability to fight the disease. [1] It is an application of the fundamental research of cancer immunology ( immuno-oncology ) and a growing subspecialty of oncology .
A six-week treatment of chemotherapy before chemoradiotherapy could improve survival rates in people with cervical cancer, results of a phase 3 clinical trial suggest. Combined therapy may help ...
A cancer vaccine, or oncovaccine, is a vaccine that either treats existing cancer or prevents development of cancer. [1] Vaccines that treat existing cancer are known as therapeutic cancer vaccines or tumor antigen vaccines. Some of the vaccines are "autologous", being prepared from samples taken from the patient, and are specific to that patient.
Scientists believe statins, cheap cholesterol-lowering medications, could be used for cancer prevention. Statins have anti-inflammatory effects, which could be used to target cancers linked to ...
Getting regular cervical cancer screenings is the next best way to prevent the disease. Cervical cancer screenings are usually performed during a pelvic exam, which can be done at a walk-in clinic ...
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States and Europe and is a major cause of death in other countries. [54] Tobacco is an environmental carcinogen and the major underlying cause of lung cancer. [54] Between 25% and 40% of all cancer deaths and about 90% of lung cancer cases are associated with tobacco use.
Interestingly, we find statin use by patients (to treat high cholesterol) associates with reduced risk of pancreatitis (inflammation of pancreas) and reduced risk of pancreatic cancer.”