Cancer Treatment: Response of Different Cancers to Chemotherapy

Leads to Cure:

· Blood cancer or acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children
· Cancer of lymphatic system or Burkitt’s lymphoma
· Hodgkin’s disease—a malignant tumour of lymphatic system
· Wilms’ tumour or tumour of the kidney common among children
· Cancer of the muscle or Rhabdomyosarcoma
· Cancer of the testes or Teratoma of the testes
· Cancer of the placenta or Choriocarcinoma
· Cancer of bone common among children or Ewing’s sarcoma

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Cancer Treatment: Common Symptoms & Their Treatment – Part Two

Cough

It is treated after finding out the cause. Cough caused by infection in a case of lung cancer is treated by giving appropriate antibiotic. Irritant cough without much phlegm is suppressed by a cough mixture containing Codeine or related compounds.

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Cancer Treatment: Management After Cancer Surgery

After an ostomy operation, the patient loses voluntary control over the discharge of the wastes concerned, and he has to wear a special appliance for the collection of this waste. With care and training, the patient learns very soon how to manage it and thus lives a perfectly normal life.

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Cancer Treatment: Management of Problems Related to Cancer Surgery

Surgery performed on gastro-intestinal and urinary tracts creates its own problems of getting rid of the faces or the urine which now cannot be evacuated through normal openings. New openings may be/can be made by the following operations. These new openings made need constant and effective care.

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Cancer Treatment: Management of Terminal Phase

A difficult part of the management of cancer patient is when he enters the terminal phase of his illness. When it becomes apparent that active measures to arrest further growth of the cancer are no longer proving effective, it is more important than ever to provide support and attention to the alleviation of distressing symptoms.

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Cancer Treatment: Management of Dental Problems

Patients with undiagnosed leukemia may first seek care from the dentist. In these individuals, oral symptoms are among the earliest common complaints. There is a direct relationship between low platelet counts and increased episodes of serious bleeding from the gum in these patients; platelet transfusions proved effective in checking bleeding. It was also noticed that fever and septicemia predisposed to serious bleeding with rapid utilization of platelets and poor survival of transfused platelets. Thus, more frequent transfusions are needed in such clinical situations, also as prophylaxis.

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Cancer Treatment: Management of Nutrition

Wasting (Cachexia)

Cancer frequently leads to widely recognized but poorly understood syndrome known as cachexia. The manifestations of this syndrome are weakness, loss of weight and appetite (anorexia). The patient appears ill and emaciated. The cause of anorexia remains complex and unclear. Muscle biopsies from breast and colon cancer patients show fat content of the muscles to be half of non-cancer patients. There is also an increased break down of proteins in the muscles.

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Cancer Treatment: You May Prevent Cancer if You…

· Avoid smoking, especially cigarettes.
· Avoid drinking excessive alcohol.
· Avoid excessive sun exposure, if you are light-skinned.
· Avoid using birth control pills indiscriminately.
· Avoid using estrogens for menopausal symptoms except under specific guidelines.
· Avoid early or frequent intercourse, especially with multiple sex partners.
· Try to have only two or three pregnancies, after the age of 20, but do not wait until after 30 to have your first.

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