Treatment of cancer
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Cancer can be treated by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy (including immunotherapy such as monoclonal antibody therapy) and synthetic lethality. The choice of therapy depends upon the location and grade of the tumor and the stage of the disease, as well as the general state of the patient (performance status). A number of experimental cancer treatments are also under development. Under current estimates, two in five people will have cancer at some point in their lifetime.
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See also
- American Cancer Society
- Cancer and nausea
- Experimental cancer treatment
- Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries
- List of unproven and disproven cancer treatments
- Timeline of cancer treatment development
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