Medical oncology is one of the disciplines that supports the opinion, assessment, treatment, and follow-up of cases who are affected by cancer
Medical oncology treats organ cancers( bone, lung for illustration) or lymph bumps lymphatics( tubercles). Treatments are given intravenously, subcutaneously, or orally and are frequently appertained to by the general term “ chemotherapy ”. Other substances are also used similarly to hormonal and anti-hormonal treatments as well as targeted curatives which treat the molecular mechanisms of cells and immunotherapy which aims to restore the vulnerable system's capability to fight against cancer cells Boston Medical Center.
All of these curatives aim to destroy diseased cells or block their addition.
The choice of treatments is most frequently established during daily multidisciplinary discussion meetings with the other specialties( radiation oncology, surgery, gynecology, radiology, pathology, drug, etc.).
Physicians and nursing staff meet several times a week to organize and coordinate probative care( analgia, nutrition, cerebral and social support, etc.) in collaboration with the associated disciplines, treating croakers
, medical and social centers, case associations, the LVCC, and oncoreha-vs.
The oncologists of the Hôpital du Valais unite with university hospitals as well as with the Swiss clinical exploration group( SAKK) Boston Medical Center.