What Are the Common Treatment Strategies for Tumor Growth?
Treatment strategies for controlling tumor growth include:
1. Surgery: Removal of the tumor and some surrounding healthy tissue. 2. Chemotherapy: Use of drugs to kill cancer cells or stop them from growing. 3. Radiation Therapy: Use of high-energy particles to destroy cancer cells. 4. Targeted Therapy: Drugs that specifically target cancer cell molecules involved in growth and survival. 5. Immunotherapy: Treatments that boost or restore the ability of the immune system to fight cancer. 6. Hormone Therapy: Used for cancers like breast and prostate cancer that are driven by hormones.
Each treatment has its own set of benefits and risks, and often, a combination of treatments is used to achieve the best outcome.
