Oncophysician
Oncophysician is a doctor who treats cancerous patients through non-surgical means such as chemotherapy and immunotherapy.
What to know about cancer?
Cancer causes cells to divide uncontrollably. this can result in tumors, damage to the immune system, and other impairment that can be fatal.
Some types of cancer causes rapid cell growth, while others cause cells to grow and divide at a slower rate.
Causes:
There are many causes of cancer, and some are preventable.
In addiction to smoking, risk factors for cancer include:
- Heavy alcohol consumption
- Excess body weight
- Physical inactivity
- Poor nutrition
Types:
- Bladder
- Pancreatic
- Thyroid
- Colon and rectal
- Liver
- Melanoma
- Kidney
- Endometrial
- Breast
- Non- Hodking’s lymphoma
- Leukemia
Cancer development and cell divison:
- Its location in the body
- The tissues that it forms in.
Tests:
- Blood test
- Urine test
- Tumor marker
- CT-Scan
- PET-Scan
Treatments:
- Chemotherapy – It aims to kill cancerous cells with medications that target rapidly dividing cells. The drugs can also help shrinks tumors,but the side effects can be severe.
- Radiotherapy – It uses high dose radiation to kill cancerous cells. using radiation therapy to shrink a tumor before surgery or reduce tumor related symptoms.
- Stem cell – Transplant can be espeially benificial for people with blood related cancers, such as leukemia or lymphoma.
- Hormone therapy – This therapy involves taking medications that change how certain hormones work or interfere with the body’s ability to produce them. When hormones play a significant role, as with prostate and breast cancers, this is a common approach.
- Immuno therapy – In this therapy it uses medications and other treatments to boost the immune system and encourage it to fight cancerous cells.