The moment we hear about the C word, the treatment types that come to our mind are Chemotherapy, Radiation and surgery. Though surgery is one of the main treatments for cancer, there are other types of cancer treatment as well.

Many people do not know about the other types of cancer treatment such as Gene therapy, biological therapy or hormone therapy. Biological therapy is a treatment where natural body substances or drugs made from natural body substances are used to kill cancer cells. They stimulate the body to attack cancer cells and overcome side effects caused by other cancer treatments. In case of hormone therapy body chemicals called hormones are used to treat cancer and in case of Gene therapy the treatment is done by blocking abnormal genes in cancer cells and repairing abnormal genes in cancer cells.

The ideas for these new types of Cancer treatment have come because now more is known about the cancer cells. But since Cancer can recur even after it is treated, it is very frightening for the people. If you do your homework on cancer treatment you can decide the best option for you, reduce the fear and make the right decisions in your fight against the disease.