Information on Modern diagnostics and treatment of cancer
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Some people with cancer will ha
ve only one treatment. But most people have a combination of treatments, such as surgery with chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. You may also have immunotherapy, targeted therapy, or hormone therapy.
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Greater insight into the causes and mechanisms of cancer has led to better ways to diagnose and treat the many forms of this disease. First of all, advances in detection have improved the ability to discover cancers earlier and to diagnose them more accurately than was the case only a few years ago. (Indeed, some tests can identify precancerous tumours before symptoms appear and thus can be used to prevent cancers from developing.) In addition, improvements in conventional cancer treatments can cure many cases of cancer, and new therapeutic strategies show promise of being even more effective in thwarting the disease. This section reviews both conventional and innovative methods of diagnosing and treating cancer.