Broad accounts of how cancer is treated, covering the whole range of cancer treatments, multimodal therapy that combines surgery, radiation and drugs, and the treatment of common cancers such as lung, breast and prostate cancer. An entry belongs here when its own source surveys several treatment types for cancer. It excludes a single regimen, radiation method or immunotherapy. Each member is a oncologic therapy entry that the atlas covers as a subject in its own right, placed here on what its cited article says it is and how it is used, never on its name alone.
Cancer Treatment Overviews and Strategies
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Cancer treatment (Wikipedia)
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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.
Multimodal cancer therapy (Wikipedia)
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Multimodal cancer therapy, often referred to simply as multimodal therapy or multimodal cancer care, is an approach for treatment of cancer that combines radiation and chemotherapy or other multiple therapeutic modalities.
Treatment of lung cancer (Wikipedia)
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Treatment of lung cancer refers to the use of medical therapies, such as surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, percutaneous ablation, and palliative care, alone or in combination, in an attempt to cure or lessen the adverse impact of malignant neoplasms originating in lung tissue.
Prostate cancer treatment (Wikipedia)
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Treatment for prostate cancer may involve active surveillance, surgery, radiation therapy, including brachytherapy (prostate brachytherapy) and external-beam radiation therapy, proton therapy, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), cryosurgery, hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, or some combination.
Breast cancer treatment (Wikipedia)
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Breast cancer treatment takes different approaches depending on the physical and biological characteristics of the disease, as well as the age, overall health, and personal preferences of the patient.
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