Cancer treatment can be done by the following approaches -
(A) Surgery
(B) Radiation therapy
(C) Chemotherapy
(D) Serum and urine analysis
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (C) only
Cancer is treated by surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Tests of blood and urine help to find a disease, but they do not treat it.
(A) Surgery — Correct. The tumour is cut out.
(B) Radiation therapy — Correct. In radiotherapy the tumour cells are irradiated to kill them, and care is taken to spare the normal tissue around the tumour.
(C) Chemotherapy — Correct. Several chemotherapeutic drugs are used to kill cancerous cells.
(D) Serum and urine analysis — Incorrect. This is a laboratory test that helps in diagnosis. It is not a treatment.
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