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Treating Cancer

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In this chapter you will learn about:

  • Can cancer be cured? An outline of prognostic factors

  • Methods of Treatment

  • Surgery

  • Radiotheraphy, including brachytherapy

  • Chemotherapy–anti-cancer drug

  • Hormone theraphy

  • Immunotherapy

  • Cell mediated anti-cancer activity

  • Other treatments under study

  • General care

  • Supportive care and supportive care teams

  • Psychological and spiritual help

  • Follow up care

  • The specialty of palliative care

  • “Alternative medicine”

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  1. Department of Surgery, The University of Sydney and The Surgical Oncology/Melanoma Unit Germany The Royal Prince Alfred and Sydney Hospitals, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Frederick O. Stephens AM, MD, MS, FRCS (Ed), FACS, FRACS

  2. Department of Surgical Oncology, Medias Klinikum GmbH & Co KG, Burghhausen, Germany

    Karl Reinhard Aigner MD

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Stephens, F.O., Reinhard Aigner, K. (2009). Treating Cancer. In: Basics of Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92925-3_8

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