LC-Cancer+19.4

19.4 1. What three types of therapy are presently the standard ways to treat cancer? - Surgery: to attempt to remove all cancerous cells - Radiation Therapy: to kill localized cancer cells. - Chemotherapy: to kill cells that may have spread throughout the body 2. What is an active form of immunotherapy and a passive form of immunotherapy for cancer? - Melacine is an active form - Monoclonal antibodies is a passive form 3. What type of p53 therapy is available? - p53 gene therapy is only in trial clinics. 4. What is the rationale for antiangiogenesis therapy? - that angiogenisis will be break up the new capillaries in the tumor.

New Cures with promise: - Dr. Carl J. Reich, M.D. and Bob Barefoot are advocates of using different minerals to counteract the odd pH levels of cancer cells. Elements such as alkaline are taken as supplements to kill cancer cells. - http://www.cancure.org/choiceoftherapy.htm