Conventional Leukemia Treatments
In radiation therapy, rays are fired so that they burn disease tissue but it is done at various angles to avoid damaging healthy tissues. This can cure but also there are risks involved with radiation. Chemotherapy makes use of drugs to kill fast-growing cells such as cancer cells. However because there are a lot of other fast-growing cells in the body like immune system cells and hair cells, these will also be affected and the patient will suffer hair loss, infections and diseases. Surgery is cutting away the diseased part of the body, but if you cut the body part it won’t grow back and chances are, the disease will still spread. But let’s keep in mind that these treatments, though there are bad sides to it, can increase the chances of recovery.