treatments for cancer

Jazmin Rodriguez Rosario

Ingl 3101 

Adriana Horta

Treatments for cancer 

Cancer is a very bad disease strikes millions of people. Since it is are a group of cells divide 

without control. will discuss ways to attack cancer, their treatments. Various forms are used to 

attack. So whether under surgery or therapies. Cancer Treatments: Surgery, radiotherapy, 

chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant.

Surgery is the most used method for small tumors and those located in a particular place . To be fully

effective it requires removing part of the tissue surrounding the tumor and to ensure that all cancer cells have 

been removed. Radiation therapy uses high-energy particles capable of penetrating the body . Through a 

machine called a linear accelerator , is generated and directed toward the particular those particles where 

they have to be used apply. The radiotherapy only treatment in cases where tumors are particularly sensitive 

to radiation and no signs that it has spread to anywhere else. Chemotherapy affects cells that divide rapidly , 

which is what they usually do cancer . But there are other cells that are not cancerous and also divide rapidly 

. Chemotherapeutic drugs can be administered in different ways: through a tablet for oral administration , by 

intravenous injection or serum , by intramuscular injection or by injection through a needle into the bone 

marrow.

References 

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundosalud/especiales/cancer/basicos2.HTML


This part will discuss transplants to combat it. The bone marrow transplant is performed when there has

 been damage to the bone marrow that prevents you from performing the functions, before chemotherapy

was performed. These functions include the formation of blood cells, crucial role for human life. Other

method is using cytokines, which are a kind of "bone marrow hormones" that make out the stem cells into the

 peripheral blood and are collected with a cell separator, a process called apheresis, by a

similar to the dialysis machine. When allogeneic cells are transplanted, are of bone marrow or peripheral 

blood from a donor are family or not, whose tissue type is almost identical to the patient. Autologous 

transplantation is to obtain the patient's own bone marrow, while the disease is in remission, to keep frozen 

and perform the transplant patient after applying high dose chemotherapy. This type of transplant is 

performed when there is a potential donor or believes that the risk is very high with allogenic transplantation,

possible rejection by the patient may suffer.

How to prevent cancer? 

1. Choose plant-based diets

2. Maintaining a reasonable body weight

3. Spend one hour a day to exercise

4. Limit alcoholic beverages at least 2 drinks per day for men and 1 for women.

5. Limit consumption of red meat

6. Limit consumption of fatty foods

7. Limit consumption of salty foods

8. avoid foods charred

9. No smoking or chewing snuff

10. Avoid dietary supplements.

References

http://www.cancer.org/treatment/findingandpayingfortreatment/managinginsuranceissues/healthinsuranceandfinancialassistanceforthecancerpatient/health-insurance-and-financial-assistance-ref

To conclude with the work as already mentioned there are many foods that help us to counter the chances of developing a malignant tumor, which is why our diet plays a very important role in the development of this disease paper. As we know there are both good and bad food (better known carcinogens), which is why we must not abuse such products such as: artificial colorings, fats, alcohol, snuff.