Understanding Cancer Treatment: Radiation Therapy, Immunotherapy, Stem Cell Transplantation, and Targeted Therapy in Indonesia

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death in Indonesia. (pexels/thirdman)

At high doses, radiation therapy kills cancer cells or slows their growth by damaging their DNA. Cancer cells whose DNA is damaged beyond repair stop dividing or die. When damaged cells die, they are broken down and removed by the body.

Radiation therapy does not directly kill cancer cells. It can take days or weeks of treatment before the DNA is damaged enough for the cancer cells to die. Then, cancer cells continue to die for weeks or months after radiation therapy ends.

Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that helps your immune system fight cancer. The immune system helps your body fight infections and other diseases. It consists of white blood cells and the organs and tissues of the lymph system.

Immunotherapy is a type of biological therapy. Biological therapy is a type of treatment that uses substances made from living organisms to treat cancer.

Stem Cell Transplantation

A stem cell transplant is a procedure that restores blood-forming stem cells in people whose stem cells have been destroyed by chemotherapy or high-dose radiation therapy used to treat certain cancers.

Stem cell transplants are most often used to treat people with cancers that affect blood cells, such as leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and myelodysplastic syndrome. This drug can also be used for neuroblastoma, Ewing’s sarcoma, reoccurring brain tumors in children, germ cell tumors, and testicular cancer.

Targeted Therapy

Targeted therapy is a type of cancer treatment that targets proteins that control the growth, division and spread of cancer cells. This is the basis of precision medicine. As researchers learn more about the DNA and protein changes that drive cancer, they will be better able to design treatments that target these proteins.

2024-02-15 09:25:14
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