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Some Very Effective Cancer Treatments

January 2nd, 2010
Some Very Effective Cancer Treatments

More than half of patients that suffer with any form of cancer are treated with the use of radiation. It has been found to be most effective used either alone or in conjunction with other kinds of cancer treatments.

While other treatment methods are very effective in killing, stopping or otherwise disabling cancerous cells, radiation uses ionization to kill the cells and shrink tumors. The desired result of radiation treatment » Read more: Some Very Effective Cancer Treatments

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New Treatment Options for Breast Cancer

December 2nd, 2009

Although surgery is the most effective (and hence, the most widely used) breast cancer treatment method, there are several other ways of dealing with the disease, some are more powerful than the others. These include radiation therapy, chemotherapy or hormonal therapy, each of them with their own assets and downsides.

Most of them however are used in combination with surgery for best effects, either prior to it, in or » Read more: New Treatment Options for Breast Cancer

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