<unk>  can be treated by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy (including immunotherapy such as monoclonal antibody therapy) and synthetic lethality, most commonly as a series of separate treatments (e.g. chemotherapy before surgery). The choice of therapy depends upon the location and grade of the tumor and the stage of the disease, as well as the general state of the patient (performance status).<unk>  genome sequencing helps in determining which<unk>  the patient exactly has for determining the best therapy for the<unk> . A number of experimental<unk>  treatments are also under development. Under current estimates, two in five people will have<unk>  at some point in their lifetime. Complete removal of the<unk>  without damage to the rest of the body (that is, achieving cure with near-zero adverse effects) is the ideal, if rarely achieved, goal of treatment and is often the goal in practice. Sometimes this can be accomplished by surgery, but the propensity of<unk> s to invade adjacent tissue or to spread to distant sites by microscopic metastasis often limits its effectiveness; and chemotherapy and radiotherapy can have a negative effect on normal cells. Therefore, cure with nonnegligible adverse effects may be accepted as a practical goal in some cases; and besides curative intent, practical goals of therapy can also include (1) suppressing the<unk>  to a subclinical state and maintaining that state for years of good quality of life (that is, treating the<unk>  as a chronic disease), and (2) palliative care without curative intent (for advanced-stage metastatic<unk> s). Because<unk> " refers to a class of diseases, it is unlikely that there will ever be a single "cure for<unk> " any more than there will be a single treatment for all infectious diseases. Angiogenesis inhibitors were once thought to have potential as a "silver bullet" treatment applicable to many types of<unk> , but this has not been the case in practice.
Treatment of cancer
Treatment of mental disorders
Blood sugar regulation
Treatment of lung cancer
Cancer immunoprevention
Cancer rehabilitation
Experimental cancer treatment
Breast cancer management