Biological Therapies for Cancer (Fact Sheet)
Biological Therapies for Cancer. A fact sheet that provides an overview of how the immune system functions and describes the actions of ...
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Showing posts with label Therapy. Show all posts
Hormone Therapy to Treat Cancer - National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Hormone therapy is a treatment that slows or stops the growth of breast and prostate cancers that use hormones to grow. Learn about th...
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Chemotherapy to Treat Cancer - National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to kill cancer cells. Learn how chemotherapy works against cancer, why it cau...
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Adding Immune-based Treatments to Standard Glioblastoma Therapy
This clinical trial is testing standard therapy (surgery, radiation and temozolomide) plus immunotherapy with pembrolizumab with or with...
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Targeted Therapy to Treat Cancer - National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Targeted therapy is a type of cancer treatment that targets the changes in cancer cells that help them grow, divide, and spread. Learn h...
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Radiation Therapy to Treat Cancer - National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Radiation therapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Learn about th...
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Develop Ways to Overcome Cancer’s Resistance to Therapy
Cancer cells can develop resistance to drugs that were previously effective. This Cancer Moonshot initiative aims to increase understand...
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External Beam Radiation Therapy for Cancer - National Cancer Institute (NCI)
External beam radiation therapy is used to treat many types of cancer. it is a local treatment, where a machine aims radiation at your c...
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Targeted Cancer Therapies (Fact Sheet) - National Cancer Institute (NCI)
A fact sheet that describes targeted cancer therapies, which are drugs that interfere with specific molecules involved in cancer cell gr...
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Gerson Therapy (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version - National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Gerson therapy is advocated by its supporters as a method of treating cancer patients based on changes in diet and nutrient intake. No r...
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Radiation Therapy Side Effects - National Cancer Institute
Credit: iStock Radiation not only kills or slows the growth of cancer cells, it can also affect nearby healthy cells. Damage to hea...
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Hormone Replacement Therapy May Improve Survival for Women with Ovarian Cancer
The randomized, controlled Adjuvant Hormone Therapy trial was launched in 1990 to assess the effects of estrogen-alone hormone replaceme...
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Vaccine Therapy for Unresectable Chordoma - National Cancer Institute
Name of the Trial Yeast-Brachyury Vaccine in Treating Patients with Locally Advanced Chordoma That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery (NCI-1...
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Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment (Fact Sheet) - National Cancer Institute
A fact sheet that defines hyperthermia (treating tumors with heat) and its side effects. On This Page What is hyperthermia? How ...
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Gerson Therapy (PDQ®)–Patient Version - National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Gerson therapy is a complex regimen that has been used to treat people with cancer and other diseases. It includes a strict diet, diet...
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Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer: A fact sheet that explains photodynamic therapy, how it is administered, and indications and side effects of treatment.
On This Page What is photodynamic therapy? How is PDT used to treat cancer? What types of cancer are currently treated with PDT...
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Acupuncture (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version– Detailed Information About Acupuncture And Its Use As a Complementary Therapy
Acupuncture is a complementary therapy used by cancer patients to manage cancer and treatment-related symptoms. Get detailed informatio...
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Lasers in Cancer Treatment (Fact Sheet) - National Cancer Institute
A fact sheet that describes use of high-intensity light in cancer treatment, its advantages and disadvantages, and types of procedures t...
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Develop Ways to Overcome Cancer’s Resistance to Therapy
Cancer cells can develop resistance to drugs that were previously effective. This Cancer Moonshot initiative aims to increase understandi...
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Blood-Forming Stem Cell Transplants (Fact Sheet) - National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Blood-Forming Stem Cell Transplants (Fact Sheet) - A fact sheet that explains the step-by-step procedures of two types of transplantatio...
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