Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Skin Cancer Case part 2

Bill has a few options for his cancer treatment.
  • Radiation Therapy: doctors use a type of energy to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
  • Surgery: The doctor could just remove the tumor as long as it hasn't spread and even if it did nthey could do further treatment after that.
  • Chemotherapy: doctors use chemicals to kill the cancer cells even if the cells have spread far away from the original area.
In my opinion i think they should just remove the cancerous tumor with surgery just because it hasn't spread to any other part of the body. If they found that it did spread i would suggest chemotherapy because many people have used it with success. It could kill whatever cancer cells have spread.

2 comments:

Daron S said...

I agree with the removal of the cancer because not only does it remove the melanoma, but also the skin that bordered around it. Also, Bill's cancer is in the early enough stage for this treatment to be effective.

Janna D said...

i agree with the removal of cancer through surgery because Bill's cancer hasn't spread throughout the body, which means it's at an early stage. Plus, surgical removement of tumor's is the most efficient way to go.