| Cancer is a deadly disease that is rapidly affecting | | | | around it. However, it does tend to affect the |
| many people around the world. It is the number | | | | healthy cells close to the tumor, but these cells |
| one killer claiming millions of lives globally every | | | | are more likely to recover and the cancer cells |
| year. In the U.S. alone, more than a million new | | | | aren't. |
| cases are diagnosed with cancer and more than | | | | Chemotherapy is another form of treatment that |
| half a million death from this disease yearly. | | | | is often used with both surgery and radiation |
| Cancer has overtaken heart diseases, stroke and | | | | therapy. Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to |
| infectious diseases as the number one killer. It has | | | | attack and destroy the cancer cells. The drugs |
| become such a huge problem that countries | | | | affected rapidly dividing cells, which is what |
| worldwide are spending millions of dollar annually in | | | | cancerous cells do, however cancerous cells aren't |
| cancer research with the hope to discover the | | | | the only ones that do this. Chemotherapy has a |
| best treatment methods and cures for cancer. | | | | tendency to attack the healthy rapid growing cells |
| This article will discuss a few of the cancer | | | | as well. The chemotherapy drugs interfere with |
| treatment options that are available today. | | | | cell division or the duplication of DNA or the |
| The first and most obvious form of cancer | | | | separation of newly formed chromosomes. This |
| treatment is surgery. In some cases, cancer can | | | | method of cancer treatment, although effective, |
| be completely cured through surgery, but this | | | | have many undesirable side effects as well. |
| often is not the case. If the cancer has | | | | These three are the main kinds of treatment |
| metastasized or spread to other areas of the | | | | used to treat cancer. There are other not so |
| body, surgical removal of the cancer is almost | | | | common but highly specific cancer treatments |
| impossible. However, if surgical removal is possible | | | | such as targeted therapies, immunotherapy, |
| it usually involves the removal of just the tumor | | | | hormonal therapy, angiogenesis inhibitors, gene |
| or an entire organ if needed. | | | | therapy, vaccine therapy and symptom control |
| Radiation therapy is another type of treatment | | | | therapy. Natural treatment methods, such as |
| that is used for cancer. Radiation therapy is the | | | | acupuncture, acupressure, herbal therapy, natural |
| use of ionizing radiation to kill the cancer cells. The | | | | food diets, vitamins supplements and so forth are |
| radiation is applied either by an external beam, or | | | | also gaining popularity in the treatment and cure |
| internally with brachytherapy. The radiation is | | | | of cancer. There are many documented proof to |
| often localized just in the place where the cancer | | | | show that these methods cured many cancer |
| is so it doesn't affect the other healthy cells | | | | patients including those at very terminal stages. |