anticancer therapy

  • 1Provascular anticancer therapy — is a strategy that exploits the differential reactivity of mature tumor blood vessels to increase the efficacy of conventional anticancer treatments (such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy). [Feron O. Targeting the tumor vascular compartment to… …

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  • 2postremission therapy — Anticancer drugs given to kill cancer cells that survive after remission induction therapy …

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  • 3Hormonal therapy (oncology) — Hormonal therapy is one of the major modalities of medical treatment for cancer, others being cytotoxic chemotherapy and targeted therapy (biotherapeutics). It involves the manipulation of the endocrine system through exogenous administration of… …

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  • 4Insulin potentiation therapy — (IPT) is an alternative cancer treatment using insulin and low dose chemotherapy.[1] The therapeutic approach is said to take advantage of the endogenous molecular biology of cancer cells, specifically the secretion of insulin and insulin like… …

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  • 5Hyperthermia therapy — is a type of medical treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of radiation and certain anticancer drugs. External links *… …

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  • 6metronomic therapy — Continuous or frequent treatment with low doses of anticancer drugs, often given with other methods of therapy …

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  • 7electroporation therapy — EPT. Treatment that generates electrical pulses through an electrode placed in a tumor to enhance the ability of anticancer drugs to enter tumor cells. Also called EPT …

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  • 8hyperthermia therapy — A type of treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of radiation and certain anticancer drugs …

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  • 9microwave therapy — A type of treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of radiation and certain anticancer drugs. Also called microwave thermotherapy …

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  • 10remission induction therapy — Initial treatment with anticancer drugs to decrease the signs or symptoms of cancer or make them disappear …

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