In the unfortunate event of a cancer diagnosis, what treatment will you and your doctors pursue? Getting any kind of cancer will be fearful for almost anyone. Normal cells grow, divide and then die. But when they grow and divide too quickly, they clump together and form tumors instead of dying off like they are supposed to do. (1)
One who has been diagnosed with cancer must decide how they want to have it treated. This can be hard to do especially at the beginning because your mind is trying to process new information and new words, and all you may be thinking is how quickly you can get it removed from your body. You will first work towards a treatment plan with your doctor. Your doctor will discuss what his goals are for the treatment. He …show more content…
Infection can result from the chemotherapy and radiation that the patient receives beforehand because it weakens the immune system and they are more likely to contract viruses. It takes the body around two weeks before its immune system recovers. Graft-versus-host disease occurs in patients who are not able to use their own stem cells but must have them transplanted from another person. The transplanted cells attack the patient's body. This can be controlled with other medications however, it can range from mild to very severe cases. Other side effects include tiredness, mouth sores, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, infertility, cataracts, and hair loss. There is risk of some side effects becoming permanent. (5B)
Immunotherapy is used to try to boost a patient's immune system. It is a treatment that uses substances made from living organisms to treat cancer. It is not as commonly used as other treatments. however, it has proven effective in some patients. Cancer cells thrive because they are able to hide from your immune system and immunotherapies are able to locate the cancer cells for the immune system to find and destroy them. It can be given intravenously, orally, or topically. …show more content…
Clinical trials enroll volunteers in studies to help make progress in preventing, diagnosing, and treating cancer. Doctors create research studies involving volunteers. These trials evaluate new treatments to find out whether they are safe, effective, and possibly better than the regular treatment. (5) The clinical trials are done in phases. In the first phase, the goal is to prove that a treatment that has been tested and is safe in animals is also safe for people. The second phase involves determining how well it works. In the third phase, the results are compared to standard treatments to determine if the new treatment has been more effective. If a drug proves to work well against a specific cancer, the researchers then apply for FDA
One who has been diagnosed with cancer must decide how they want to have it treated. This can be hard to do especially at the beginning because your mind is trying to process new information and new words, and all you may be thinking is how quickly you can get it removed from your body. You will first work towards a treatment plan with your doctor. Your doctor will discuss what his goals are for the treatment. He …show more content…
Infection can result from the chemotherapy and radiation that the patient receives beforehand because it weakens the immune system and they are more likely to contract viruses. It takes the body around two weeks before its immune system recovers. Graft-versus-host disease occurs in patients who are not able to use their own stem cells but must have them transplanted from another person. The transplanted cells attack the patient's body. This can be controlled with other medications however, it can range from mild to very severe cases. Other side effects include tiredness, mouth sores, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, infertility, cataracts, and hair loss. There is risk of some side effects becoming permanent. (5B)
Immunotherapy is used to try to boost a patient's immune system. It is a treatment that uses substances made from living organisms to treat cancer. It is not as commonly used as other treatments. however, it has proven effective in some patients. Cancer cells thrive because they are able to hide from your immune system and immunotherapies are able to locate the cancer cells for the immune system to find and destroy them. It can be given intravenously, orally, or topically. …show more content…
Clinical trials enroll volunteers in studies to help make progress in preventing, diagnosing, and treating cancer. Doctors create research studies involving volunteers. These trials evaluate new treatments to find out whether they are safe, effective, and possibly better than the regular treatment. (5) The clinical trials are done in phases. In the first phase, the goal is to prove that a treatment that has been tested and is safe in animals is also safe for people. The second phase involves determining how well it works. In the third phase, the results are compared to standard treatments to determine if the new treatment has been more effective. If a drug proves to work well against a specific cancer, the researchers then apply for FDA