Learn About Cancer
Oncology is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, which is the abnormal growth of cells. There are more than 100 types of cancer, including breast cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer and lymphoma.
Cancer Symptoms
Cancer symptoms vary depending on the type of cancer. Diagnosis begins with a thorough physical exam and a complete medical history. Laboratory studies of blood, urine, and stool can detect abnormalities that may indicate cancer. When a tumor is suspected, imaging tests help doctors determine the cancer’s location and size. To confirm the diagnosis of most cancers , a biopsy needs to be performed on a tissue sample from the suspected tumor.
Cancer Treatment
There are many types of cancer treatment. The types of treatment that you receive will depend on the type of cancer you have and how advanced it is. Some people with cancer will have only one treatment. But most people have a combination of treatments, such as surgery with chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy.
Common cancer treatments:
- Surgery – A procedure in which a surgeon removes cancer from your body.
- Radiation Therapy – Uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
- Chemotherapy – Uses drugs to kill cancer cells.
- Immunotherapy – Helps your immune system fight cancer.
- Targeted Therapy – Targets the changes in cancer cells that help them grow, divide, and spread.
- Hormone Therapy – Slows or stops the growth of cancer that uses hormones to grow.
- Stem Cell Transplant – Procedures that restore blood-forming stem cells in people who have had theirs destroyed by high doses of cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Cancer Medications
Chemotherapy drugs can be divided into several groups based on factors, such as how they work, their chemical structure, and their relationship to another drug. Some drugs act in more than one way, and may belong to more than one group. Knowing how the drug works is important in predicting side effects. This helps doctors decide which drugs are likely to work well together. If more than one drug will be used, this information also helps them plan exactly when each of the drugs should be given (in which order and how often).
Skyemed, Your Partner Against Cancer
Skyemed is an ACHC-certified pharmacy that can be a strong partner in your fight against hepatitis C. We assist you through each stage of therapy and optimize your specific drug regimen, to give you the best chance of achieving your intended treatment outcomes.
Here is just some of what we do:
- Verify and explain your insurance benefits
- Research financial assistance programs (and enroll if you qualify)
- Educate you on your disease and train you in self-care
- Provide expert side effect management consultations
- Offer on-call pharmacist services
- Free next day delivery (subject to conditions)
- Remind you about refill and drug compliance policies
Financial Assistance
Managing a disease can threaten not just your physical well-being, but your financial life. Learn how we can help ease the burden.
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1332 North Federal Hwy
Pompano Beach, FL 33062
Hours: 8:00am–6:00pm
Pharmacy Hours: 9:00am-5:30pm
Phone: 866-778-8255
Fax: 800-432-6614
Infusion Fax: 866-398-2988