Different types of cancer treatment - Private cancer treatment in Costa del Sol
05/09/2020There are many types of cancer treatment. You may receive one treatment or another depending on your particular situation. Our doctor will also recommend a combination of treatments. In here we explain why it's done and the types of private cancer treatment in Costa del Sol we offer.
Why is cancer treatment done?
The aim of cancer treatment is to cure your cancer so that you can live a normal life span. Depending on your specific situation this may or may not be achieved. If a cure is not feasible, your treatment may be used to reduce your cancer or limit the progression of your cancer so that you can live symptom-free for as long as possible.
Cancer treatments may be used as:
Primary treatment: the aim is to kill all the cancer cells or completely eliminate the cancer from your body. The most common primary cancer treatment is surgery.
Adjuvant treatment: The aim is to kill any cancer cells that may linger after primary treatment in order to diminish the chance of the cancer to come back. Common adjuvant therapies include radiation therapy, hormone therapy and chemotherapy.
Neoadjuvant therapy: Similar to adjuvant treatment, these treatments are used before the primary treatment in order to make the primary treatment easier or more successful.
Palliative treatment: These are used to help relieve side effects of treatment or signs and symptoms caused by cancer itself.
Types of private cancer treatment in Costa del Sol
The types of private cancer treatment in Costa del Sol are plenty. Your options will depend on several factors, such as your preferences, the stage and type of your cancer, and your general health. Together, you and our doctor can evaluate the risks and benefits of each cancer treatment to determine what is better for you.
The types of private cancer treatment in Costa del Sol include:
Surgery
It is used to remove the cancer or as much of the cancer as possible.
Chemotherapy
It is one of the private cancer treatment in Costa del Sol we offer and it is used to kill cancer cells.
Radiation therapy
To kill cancer cells through high-powered energy beams, such as X-rays or protons. This treatment can be placed inside your body (brachytherapy), or can come from a machine outside your body (external beam radiation).
Immunotherapy
It uses your body's immune system to fight cancer. Cancer can survive unchecked in your body since your immune system doesn't identify it as an intruder. Immunotherapy can help your immune system identify the cancer as an intruder and attack it.
Hormone therapy
Some types, such as breast cancer and prostate cancer, are fuelled by your body's hormones. Hormone therapy removes those hormones from the body or blocks their effects for cancer cells to stop growing.
Targeted drug therapy
This therapy focuses on particular abnormalities within cancer cells that allow them to survive.
Cryoablation
Cryoablation kills cancer cells through a thin, wandlike needle (cryoprobe) that the doctor inserts through the skin directly into the cancerous tumor to pumped a gas into the cryoprobe in order to freeze the tissue.
Radiofrequency ablation
This therapy works like cryoablation, but it kills cancer cells through a high-frequency energy that passes through the needle and causes the surrounding tissue to heat up.
Clinical trials
These are studies that are carried out to investigate new ways of treating cancer.