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| An abnormal growth of cells which tend to proliferate in an uncontrolled way and, in some cases, to metastasize (spread |
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| Abnormal mass of tissue which may be solid or fluid-filled |
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| Type of cancer that are formed by epithelial cells |
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| Cancers that form in bone and soft tissues, including muscle, fat, blood vessels, lymph vessels, and fibrous tissue (such as tendons and ligaments) |
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| Cancer that begins in lymphocytes (T cells or B cells). In lymphoma, abnormal lymphocytes build up in lymph nodes and lymph vessels, as well as in other organs of the bod |
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| a cancer that forms in epithelial cells that produce fluids or mucus |
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| a cancer that begins in the lower or basal (base) layer of the epidermis, which is a person’s outer layer of skin. |
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| a cancer that forms in squamous cells, which are epithelial cells that lie just beneath the outer surface of the skin. |
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| TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA |
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| a cancer that forms in a type of epithelial tissue called transitional epithelium, or urothelium. |
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Osteosarcoma
leiomyosarcoma
Kaposi sarcoma
malignant fibroushistiocytom
liposarcoma
dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans |
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Hodgkin lymphoma
Nonhodgkin lymphoma |
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| treatment goal is to destroy and doesn't comeback |
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| treatment goal is to shrink tumor and stop fromg spreading but it will always comeback |
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| treatment goal is to ease symptoms and give quality life |
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The type of cancer
The stage of the cancer (how far it has spread)
The patient’s age
The patient’s overall health
Other serious health problems (such as heart, liver, or kidney disease |
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Chemotherapy
Radiation
Surgery
Biologic Therapy
Targeted Therapy
Hormone Therapy
Stem call Transplaant |
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Uses medicine to treat cancer
Goals : Cure, control and palliative |
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| given prior/start of radiation/surgery |
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| given after radiation/surgery |
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It uses high energy waves to treat the disease by killing cancer cells.
It is targeted to localized cancer i.e., specific organs in the body where cancerous tissue is present |
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It works best for solid tumors that are contained in one area.
Local treatment
Remove the entire tumor
Debulk a tumor |
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| It is a form of treatment that uses portions of the body's natural immune system to treat a cancer. |
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| a type of cancer treatment that helps your immune system fight cancer |
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| These medications work by targeting something found on the surface of the cancer cell, “marking” that cell to be destroyed by the immune system |
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Rituximab
Bevacizumab
Trastuzumab
Denosumab |
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| These are comprised of cells that have been modified in the lab to direct an immune response |
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| The purpose of this type of therapy is to manipulate the immune response in such a way as to generate the appropriate immune effector cells to eradicate solid tumors |
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Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor(G-CSF)
interferons
Interleukins |
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| This therapy encourages the bodies T cells to fight cancer |
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| It is a type of cancer treatment that targets the changes in cancer cells that help them grow, divide, and spread |
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Help the immune system destroy cancer cells
Stop cancer from growing
Stop signals that help from blood vessels
Deliver cell-killing substances to cancer cells
Starve cancer of the hormone it needs to groW |
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| Hormone therapy is a cancer treatment that slows or stops the growth of cancer that uses hormones to grow |
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| These are procedures that restore bloodforming stem cells in people who have had theirs destroyed by the very high doses of chemotherapy or radiation therapy that are used to treat certain cancers. |
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