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   Chemotherapy

   As a result, many other drugs have been developed to treat cancer, and drug development since then has exploded into a multibillion-dollar industry. ... Side-effects
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   Radiation therapy

   The concept of therapeutic radiation was invented by German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen when he discovered that the x-ray was a powerful and effective tool with which to treat cancer. ... Now 70% of cancer patients receive radiation therapy as part of their cancer treatment.
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   Cancer

   The effects of radiation therapy are localised and confined to the region being treated. ... The use of surgery to treat cancer had poor results due to problems with hygiene.
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   Experimental cancer treatment

   Most oncologists have a belief that a diet alone cannot treat cancer. ... (On the other hand, her diet is good from a nutritional point of view to counteract some side-effects of other treatments.)
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   Gene therapy

   This vector system has shown real promise in treating cancer and indeed the first gene therapy product to be licensed to treat cancer is an adenovirus. ... Baum C, Dullmann J, Li Z, Fehse B, Meyer J, Williams DA, von Kalle C. Side effects of retroviral gene transfer into hematopoietic stem cells.
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   Breast cancer donations

   Radiation -- If you received radiation therapy as a child or young adult to treat cancer of the chest area, you have a significantly higher risk for developing breast cancer. ... Ask your doctor about the side effects you may have during treatment.
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   Breast cancer treatment

   Other side effects sometimes experienced with radiation can include: ... Systemic therapy uses medications to treat cancer cells throughout the body.
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   Post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment

   Chemobrain was recognized primarily in breast cancer survivor and support groups as affecting a subset of individuals treated with chemotherapy, who attributed it to the effects of the medication taken to treat their cancers.
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   Insulin potentiation therapy

   This means that insulin will affect cancer cells sixteen times as strongly as it effects normal tissues. ... IPT is currently practised throughout the world to treat cancer and other degenerative diseases.
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    Prostate cancer

    In advanced stages of prostate cancer radiation is used to treat painful bone metastases. ... Side effects of radiation therapy might occur after a few weeks into treatment.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Chemotherapy,
• Radiation therapy,
• Cancer,
• Experimental cancer treatment,
• Gene therapy,
• Breast cancer donations,
• Breast cancer treatment,
• Post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment,
• Insulin potentiation therapy,
• Prostate cancer