Targeted therapy is a cancer treatment that uses medicines or other chemicals to precisely identify and attack specific cancer cells. A targeted therapy can be used alone or in combination with other therapies like traditional or standard chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation therapy. Precision medicine or personalised medicine are terms used to describe targeted therapy. Small and large molecule (Monoclonal antibodies) medications are the two types of targeted therapies.
Targeted therapy is frequently used in conjunction with chemotherapy and other therapies by doctors. Targeted therapy for a variety of tumours have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Types of cancers treated through Targeted Therapy are Breast cancer, Bladder cancer, Colorectal cancer, Kidney cancer, Leukemia, Liver cancer, Lung cancer, Lymphoma, and Prostate cancer
The majority of targeted therapies work by interfering with specific proteins that aid tumour growth and spread throughout the body. They use a variety of methods to treat cancer. It can:
When a person suffers severe skin changes, the targeted therapy drug dose often needs to be lowered. During this time, expect to see your doctor a lot. If the rash does not clear up in about two weeks, the targeted medicine is usually discontinued until the skin alterations improve. With ongoing skin care, it can be restarted.
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