Throat Cancer Treatment

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Throat Cancer Treatment at Cancer Treatment Centers of America

Your throat cancer treatment will depend on a number of factors. One factor affecting throat cancer treatment is the location of the tumor. Other factors affecting throat cancer treatment are the stage of your cancer, your general health, the size of the tumor, and your age. When you work with our cancer experts to determine your throat cancer treatment, they will advise you on how each throat cancer treatment may change you and your habits in the short term and long term.

All of the cancer patients who come to Cancer Treatment Centers of America work closely with our cancer experts to determine the appropriate combination of therapies, which may include surgery, chemotherapy (Fractionated Dose), and/or radiation therapy. In addition, we match our patients with the appropriate alternative and complementary treatments, which may include mind-body medicine, spiritual support, nutritional therapy and more.

Surgery is used in throat cancer treatment to remove the tumor. Your throat cancer treatment surgeon may also remove the lymph nodes in your neck if it is suspected that your cancer has spread. Throat cancer treatment surgery may change your ability to chew, swallow or talk. In addition you may lose some feeling in parts of your neck and throat. Your doctors will discuss these possibilities with you before you have throat cancer treatment surgery.

Fractionated dose chemotherapy may be used in throat cancer treatment. Chemotherapy is the use of cancer fighting drugs. Typically with throat cancer treatment, chemotherapy is given intravenously. At CTCA you may receive fractionated dose chemotherapy throat cancer treatment. Fractionated dose chemotherapy is done with a smaller amount of the drug and given a longer exposure time. The hope with fractionated dose chemotherapy throat cancer treatment is that it will kill the cancer cells and also minimize the side effects that many people feel from normal chemotherapy.

Radiation therapy throat cancer treatment may be used in conjunction with throat cancer treatment chemotherapy. Radiation therapy is one of the three traditional primary forms of medical treatment used by the experts at Cancer Treatment Centers of America to treat cancer and relieve symptoms. Radiation therapy is also called radiotherapy. In throat cancer treatment radiotherapy the radiation only affects the treated area. It may be given by placing radioactive materials directly into or near where cancer cells are found. Radiation therapy throat cancer treatment can also be administered from a machine outside the body.