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The aim of treating cancer is to remove cancer and prevent it from coming back. This treatment have been through chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but these cancerous cells keep on recurring at the same site they were removed (Trotti et al 2000). For instance, in breast cancer, Local recurrences are frequently found during physical examination by the doctor while metastasis is usually detected when symptoms are reported during follow-up visits to your doctor. Local recurrence can be treated successively. Even after treatment cancer, patients do succumb due to the development of second cancer. For many second cancer genetic risk factors plays a significant role.

Some cancers recur or are linked to the kind of treatment a patient is undertaking. For example, cancers linked with radiation treatment include lung cancer, sarcoma, and even blood cancer. The type of cancer linked with chemotherapy includes leukemia and myelodysplastic (Trotti et al 2000). Other active forms that have been used in treating cancer include stem cell transplant to treat leukemia, lymphoma, and other blood-related cancers. Other forms of photodynamic therapy and even hyperthermia (Trotti et al 2000). Supplements are taken during treatment to improve and boost immunity of patients and help to ease the effects of chemotherapy.

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Trotti, A., Byhardt, R., Stetz, J., Gwede, C., Corn, B., Fu, K., ... & Shipley, W. (2000). Common toxicity criteria: version 2.0. an improved reference for grading the acute effects of cancer treatment: impact on radiotherapy.International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics, 47(1), 13-47.