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Carcinoma of Unknown Primary : Deciding on Treatment

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Deciding On Treatment

What to Know About Your Treatment Choices for Car...
Researchers are continually finding new treatments for carcinoma of unknown primary origin (CUP). You now have more hope for survival than ever before. In this section, we'll cover the details of different treatments and how each one might work.
Source:StayWell
Date:November 23, 2004
What to Know About Radiation Therapy for Carcinom...
Radiation is often used to relieve the symptoms of carcinoma of unknown primary origin (CUP). Sometimes radiation may also be used to cure the cancer if it has not spread too far.
Source:StayWell
Date:November 23, 2004
What to Know About Chemotherapy for Carcinoma of ...
Chemotherapy uses drugs to attack and kill cells that divide quickly. This includes both cancer cells and some normal cells. How chemotherapy drugs affect those normal cells depends on the types of drugs you get and your response to them.
Source:StayWell
Date:November 23, 2004
What to Know About Surgery for Carcinoma of Unkno...
During surgery, your doctor takes the cancer out of your body. Surgery is only done for small growths. Your doctor usually takes out the whole growth and some of the normal tissue around it. Surgery is usually done for cancer that is easy to reach. For instance a skin growth or a lymph node that the surgeon can feel with his or her fingers.
Source:StayWell
Date:November 23, 2004
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