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Malignancy
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine · Oncology
Severe
Severity
Common — cancer affects roughly 1 in 5 people during their lifetime worldwide
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
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💊Treatment Options
- 1Treatment is tailored to the specific type
- 2stage
- 3and biological characteristics of the malignancy and may include surgery to remove the tumour
- 4chemotherapy to kill rapidly dividing cells throughout the body
- 5radiation therapy to target cancer cells locally
- 6and newer targeted therapies or immunotherapy that attack specific molecular features of the cancer or harness the immune system against it. Treatment is often delivered in combination and sequenced by a multidisciplinary team including surgeons
- 7medical oncologists
- 8and radiation oncologists. Ongoing surveillance after treatment is essential to detect any recurrence early.
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