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Anal Cancer Learning Center
Treatments could include:
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Abdominoperineal Resection of Anus
- Chemotherapy
- Radiation Therapy
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External Beam Radiotherapy
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Intravenous chemotherapy
- Temporary Colostomy
- Surgical Removal of...
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The treatment team for anal cancer may include a colorectal surgeon, gastroenterologist, oncologist, radiation oncologist, nurse oncologist, psychiatrist, psychological counselor, and social worker.
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Anal cancer is treated using three methods, used either in concert or individually: surgery, radiation therapy , and chemotherapy . Two types of surgery may be performed. A local resection, performed if the cancer has not spread, removes the tumor...
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Chemotherapy is the systemic (whole body) treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs.
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Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill bacteria, viruses, fungi, and cancer cells. Most commonly, the term is used to refer to cancer-killing drugs. This article focuses on cancer chemotherapy.
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Chemotherapy is treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs .
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Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with anti- cancer drugs .
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Chemotherapy, sometimes referred to as "chemo," is the treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs.
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Radiation therapy, sometimes called radiotherapy, x-ray therapy radiation treatment, cobalt therapy, electron beam therapy, or irradiation uses high energy, penetrating waves or particles such as x rays, gamma rays, proton rays, or neutron rays to...
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Radiation therapy uses high powered x-rays or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells.
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Radiotherapy is the use of high-energy penetrating radiation (x rays, gamma rays, proton rays, and neutron rays) to kill cancer cells.
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Radiation therapy, sometimes called radiotherapy, x-ray therapy radiation treatment, cobalt therapy, electron beam therapy, or irradiation uses high energy, penetrating waves or particles such as x rays, gamma rays, proton rays, or neutron rays to...
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Ostomy is a surgical procedure used to create an opening for urine and feces to be released from the body. Colostomy refers to a surgical procedure where a portion of the large intestine is brought through the abdominal wall to carry stool out of ...
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Colostomy is a surgical procedure that brings the end of the large intestine through the abdominal wall. Stools moving through the intestine drain into a bag attached to the abdomen.
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Ostomy is a surgical procedure used to create an opening for urine or feces to be released from the body. Colostomy refers to a surgical procedure in which a portion of the large intestine is brought through the abdominal wall to carry stool out o...
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A colostomy is a surgical procedure that brings a portion of the large intestine through the abdominal wall to carry feces out of the body.
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A colostomy is a surgical procedure that brings a portion of the large intestine through the abdominal wall to carry feces out of the body.
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Tumor removal is a surgical procedure to remove an abnormal growth.
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A tumor is an abnormal growth caused by the uncontrolled division of cells. Benign tumors do not have the potential to spread to other parts of the body (a process called metastasis) and are curable by surgical removal. Malignant or cancerous tumo...
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