Cancer treatments are subjective to the patient’s health condition and the ongoing diagnosis. The treatments can either be a multiple one or could have a single approach. Sometimes clinical trials are also considered to check results. Ideally, the purpose is to improve the health condition, control symptoms, and avoid further complications. Yet one needs to understand that cancer treatments are customized as per the patient’s condition and certain further treatments can vary.

The following are some common cancer treatments that you may want to know of.

1. Surgery
This is the most common treatment applied in most cases to remove cancer. This treatment is also combined with chemotherapy or sometimes radiation to kill the cancerous cells. Some of the cancer surgeries are minimally invasive or can be an enhanced program with a common objective to understand the cancer stage, ease the symptoms and associated pain, and prevent the spreading of the disease to other parts of the body.

2. Radiation therapy
Another common cancer treatment, this therapy is used by more than 60% of cancer patients. The process involves destroying the cancer cells and shrinking the tumors with energy photon beams. These powerful x-rays beams work directly on the tumor through shape and size determination. This therapy can take more than 4-6 weeks, and the major objective is to remove the tumor and cancer easily. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy is commonly used to kill the tumor to ensure that other organs are not destroyed. Also, these days immunotherapy is often used to treat cancer along with radiation therapy.

3. Chemotherapy
This treatment is one of the most common treatments to destroy cancer cells through powerful drugs with other combined treatments. In the case of surgery, chemotherapy is often considered prior to shrink the tumors. This treatment is generally a lengthy one and has many common after-effects. However, they do fade away with time.

4. Immunotherapy
This treatment is preferably the latest thing in the block and aims to fight the disease by defending the body. The patient develops a certain amount of immunity to help to fight this deadly disease and eventually kill the cancerous cells. This therapy is combined with chemotherapy for better results and improves the overall health of cancer patient

5. Targeted therapy
As the name suggests, it is more focussed on how the cancer cells are growing and spreading. They target the cells and stop cancer from spreading.

6. Hormone therapy
This is very common to breast and prostate cancer and is again targeted to stop and prevent the growth of cancer.

• Precision medicine
  On the basis of genetic information, this treatment uses personalized medications to prevent the growth of cancer cells.

There is a lot more when it comes to the treatment of cancer but the aforementioned remedies are ideally a part of the common treatment plan.