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What are the types of cancer resistant to chemotherapy?

In most cases, liver cancer fails to respond well to chemotherapy. Read to know how cancer resistant to chemotherapy can be treated.

By: Bhavyajyoti Chilukoti   | | Published: May 23, 2017 1:04 pm
Tags: Cancer research  Cancer Treatment  Chemoembolization  Surgery  
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The first thing that comes to mind when you think of cancer is chemotherapy, which is usually the first line of treatment for any cancer. But not all types of cancer respond well to chemotherapy. Certain types of cancer like liver cancer and skin cancer or melanoma are resistant to chemotherapy, indicating the need to try a different treatment approach to treat the cancer. In this article, Dr Tejinder Singh, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Fortis Hospital Mulund, Mumbai explains about treatment modalities for cancer resistant to chemotherapy. Also Read - 50-yr-old bacteria may help your body's own immune system to kill cancer

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The modality of any cancer treatment includes surgery, radiation or chemotherapy. In general, there are more sensitive tumours than those that are resistant to chemotherapy. However, among the ones that do not respond well to chemotherapy and are extremely resistant to chemotherapy are liver cancer and melanoma. If a person is suffering from liver cancer, the modality most often asked for is surgery. In very few cases, radiation is the preferred treatment option. However, there is therapy known as chemoembolization, which is used for treating liver cancer. It is a non-surgical procedure in which chemotherapy drugs and a synthetic material called embolic agents are used to treat cancer. These agents are placed into blood vessels feeding cancerous tumour to block blood supply to the organ and trap chemotherapy drugs within the organ. Chemoembolization can be the only line of treatment or might also be used in combination with surgery and radiation. Hence, surgery and chemoembolization are the two main treatment modalities for liver cancer. For skin cancer, surgery is the only treatment option, however, in very rare cases; radiation might also be advised for cancer resistant to chemotherapy. Also Read - Small delays in cancer treatment can up death risk by 10%, says study

If the cancer is inherently not responding to chemotherapy, then the treatment approach is surgery, which might be followed by radiation, chemoembolization or targeted therapies. Research is also going on to come up with personalised and targeted therapy for cancer resistant to chemotherapy. For example, in the case of liver cancer and skin cancer, if chemotherapy does not work, then targeted therapy is reported to work very well. But the decision lies with your oncologist as the treatment depends on the severity and the type of cancer. Also read about latest research and advances in cancer treatment.

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Published : May 23, 2017 1:04 pm
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