Medical Oncology Treatment In Jalandhar

Star Hospital provides the best Medical Oncology Treatment in Jalandhar. Star Hospital is known for its top-class cancer treatments in Jalandhar. Medical Oncology is a field of medical science diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Cancer. Medical Oncology is modalities for treating a cancer patient through Chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy, and biological therapy. There are groups of doctors that diagnose and prevent returning cancer among patients, according to the stage of their disease. Oncologists discuss time-to-time for managing cancer disease, its symptoms, treatment, and side effects.

Chemotherapy Treatment 

Oncologists use chemotherapy to cure cancer disease and look after the patients. Chemotherapy is the best treatment for Cancer, in which the oncologist uses powerful pharmaceutical drugs that find the cancer cells and destroy them. The drugs are basically injected into the veins or given by mouth. Chemotherapies help to stop the growth of these cells or stop to grow them. On the other hand, these drugs also kill the healthy cells that fight several diseases. That is why it is challenging for our bodies to overcome. This therapy will affect your body during the treatment or after some time of the treatment. To prevent these side effects, the oncologist will suggest some medications.

Type of Chemotherapy

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

This type of chemotherapy is used to target, the large-stage tumor. This type of chemotherapy is performed before the primary treatment, and it shrinks the cancer cells.

Adjuvant chemotherapy

It is performed to prevent the risk of developing cancer after treatment. Oncologists use this treatment after removing the cancer tumors by targeted, hormonal therapy.

Chemotherapy for Various Diseases

1. Esophageal Cancer Chemotherapy

The oncologist uses specific drugs for treating esophageal cancer. Some combinations of drugs, along with other specific drugs, are given as the procedure of chemotherapy treatment. Both neoadjuvant chemotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy are done as per required. It usually takes up to 6 months to complete the process, as the patient needs time to rest and recover. The chemo process is performed in the form of cycles, and this cycle of therapy usually runs every 3 or 4 weeks, based on the drugs used for the disease. Advanced esophageal cancer chemotherapy treatment time may also depend upon the outputs of the treatment and how well it is going on.

2. Stomach Cancer Chemotherapy

In this Chemotherapy, a drug is injected into the patient during therapy through a vein or through the mouth as pills. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy is carried out on the patient as primary treatment. It makes therapy easier by shrinking the tumor and helps to prevent cancer from coming back. Adjuvant treatment is given to patients after surgery to remove the tumor. The purpose of Adjuvant treatment is to kill the area of cancer that is very small to see, hence eliminating the risk of cancer.

3. Colon Cancer Chemotherapy

Colon Cancer, also known as Colorectal Cancer, can be recovered by chemotherapy. It is used mainly in the IV Stages of colon cancer. In this therapy, a chemo drug is given to the patient in a vein or through the mouth. Both the chemotherapies, Adjuvant chemo, after the surgery which removes the leftover tumor cells, and Neoadjuvant chemo, given before the main surgery, make cancer removal treatment easy by reducing the size of the tumor cells.

4. Rectum Cancer Chemotherapy

Rectal Cancer starts in the rectum and can be treated by chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Rectum Cancer is curable if detected at an earlier stage. In rectal cancer surgery, tumor cells are cut, and the next step is chemotherapy, which kills the cancer cells and reduces the risk of returning cancer.

5. Liver cancer Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy for the liver is the best option for patients whose liver cannot be treated with surgery. Combination of the drugs injected in the patient, or the patient takes by the mouth. The medication reaches the affected area by the artery and the side effects can be reduced by it, as the drug does not spread to the rest of the body.

6. Pancreas Cancer Chemotherapy

Pancreatic cancer or pancreas cancer could be cured by chemotherapy and is named pancreas cancer chemotherapy. The swallowing of the drugs, or injecting the drugs into the patient helps the drugs reach the cancer-caused area. Chemotherapy usually takes months to complete as the process continues in a cycle, done once or twice a month. Commonly the process can take up to six months to complete. In this process, the cancer cells are eradicated, and the risk of getting back cancer is minimal.