癌症治疗
Stay close to your home and support system in the Monterey area while accessing advanced cancer treatments. Get care at Community 医院 of the Monterey Peninsula, where you’ll receive a personalized plan based on the expertise of many types of specialists. Expect the well-rounded support you need to achieve your best outcome.
治疗方案
你的护理团队会帮你 诊断, preferences, and other factors into account while planning your care. Your plan will include one or more of these types of treatments.
癌症药物
您可能会收到:
- 生物药物 – Work by specifically targeting cancer cells or stimulating your immune system to fight cancer
- 化疗 – Kills cancer cells anywhere in your body
- Hormonal therapy – Shrinks tumors by starving them of the hormones they need to grow
Your care team may give you medications intravenously (through a vein, also called IV or infusion therapy), 或者通过注射或药片. During IV treatment, your nurses will help you feel as comfortable as possible.
放射治疗
放射治疗 uses high-energy waves of radiation to destroy cancer cells. You may receive this treatment in one or more ways:
- 外部 – Uses a machine called a linear accelerator to send invisible, painless radiation beams into a tumor
- 内部(近距离放射疗法) – Places tiny, radioactive pellets in or near your tumor
No matter what type of radiation therapy your doctors recommend, trust them to protect healthy tissue and use as little radiation as possible, so you experience the fewest side effects.
射频消融术
射频消融术 sends an electrical current to a tumor to destroy it. This minimally invasive procedure may offer you an alternative to surgery, especially if you have more than one tumor. Most likely, you’ll return to normal activities a day or two after treatment.
手术
手术 把你体内的肿瘤取出来. 有时, a surgeon also removes the organ or tissue the tumor is in to help stop cancer from coming back. Count on your surgeon to use the least invasive approach to your procedure, so you can recover as soon as possible.
临床试验
临床试验 test promising new approaches to cancer care. 在社区医院, you have access to clinical trials that you’d otherwise find only at academic medical centers. Ask your doctor if you qualify for a clinical trial, which may give you a treatment that’s not yet widely available.
控制副作用
Tell your care team about any side effects you experience during cancer treatment. They can recommend services to help you feel better, such as:
- 疼痛管理 – Helps you feel more comfortable with less reliance on pain medication
- 姑息治疗 – Works to reduce symptoms and improve quality of life
- 田园保健 – Provides the guidance of a chaplain experienced in health ministry
- 康复治疗 – Restores strength and range of motion so you can better do daily tasks with less pain
补充医学
Ask your care team for a referral to a local provider of 按摩疗法, acupuncture, or other complementary therapies that can help you relax and ease stress.
支持你的每一步
在与癌症作斗争时, you do best with complete support for your whole person — body, 心, 和精神. 这就是为什么你的c非国大的团队 includes professionals dedicated to guiding you through treatment and answering your questions. Turn to them and to our wide range of 患者和护理人员资源 for everything you need to live as well as possible during treatment.
