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Ewing's Sarcoma Learning Center

Chemotherapy; Cyclophosphamide; Vincristine; Dactinomycin; Doxorubicin; Ifosfamide; Etoposide; Radiation therapy to the tumor site; Surgical excision (removal) of the primary tumor;
Source:ADAM
Date:March 21, 2008
Like other cancer patients, teens and young adults with Ewing's sarcoma are usually cared for by a multidisciplinary team of health professionals. The patient's pediatrician, family physician, or primary care doctor may refer the patient to other ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Chemotherapy is the systemic (whole body) treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 30, 2008
Chemotherapy is treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Chemotherapy, sometimes referred to as "chemo," is the treatment of cancer with anticancer drugs.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with anti- cancer drugs .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
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...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Radiation therapy uses high powered x-rays or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 30, 2008
Radiotherapy is the use of high-energy penetrating radiation (x rays, gamma rays, proton rays, and neutron rays) to kill cancer cells.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
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...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Tumor removal is a surgical procedure to remove an abnormal growth.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
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