The cancer treatment options your doctor recommends depends on the
type and stage of cancer, possible side effects, and the patient's preferences
and overall health. In cancer care, different types of doctors often work
together to create a patient's overall treatment plan that combines different
types of treatments. This is called a multidisciplinary team.
View a short video produced by the Hawaii Society of Clinical
Oncology in the Tagalog language or Ilocano language with
information about this topic. Panoorin ang isang maikling video na ito sa
wikang Tagalog na
may impormasyon tungkol sa kanser na ito. Buya-en daytoy
ababa nga Ilokano a bidyo
maipanggep kadagiti impormasyon kadetoy a kanser.
Empower yourself to make decisions about your cancer treatment by
following these 10 tips. You can also listen to the Cancer.Net Podcast adapted
from this content.
A stem cell transplant (sometimes called a bone marrow transplant)
replaces diseased bone marrow with highly specialized stem cells that develop
into healthy bone marrow. The articles in this section describe this treatment
and its potential side effects.
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. The
articles in this section describe chemotherapy, its side effects, and what to
expect when undergoing chemotherapy treatment.
Learn more about participating in a clinical trial for cancer
treatment.
Immunotherapy and vaccines are types of cancer treatments that use
the body's immune system to fight cancer.
Personalized or targeted therapies are types of treatment that
targets a cancer’s specific genes, proteins, or the tissue environment that
contributes to cancer growth and survival.
Radiation therapy is the use of high-energy x-rays or other particles
to kill cancer cells. The articles in this section describe radiation therapy,
what to expect when receiving radiation therapy, and side effects of radiation
therapy.
Surgery (the removal of cancerous tissue from the body) is the
oldest type of cancer therapy. The articles in this section describe
surgery, what to expect when undergoing, and side effects of surgery.
Find out which side effects from cancer and cancer treatment
require immediate attention from your health care team and how to recognize
them.
Maintenance therapy is the ongoing use of chemotherapy (the use of
drugs to destroy cancer cells) or another treatment to help lower the risk of
recurrence (return of cancer) after it has disappeared following initial
therapy. Maintenance therapy also may be used for patients with advanced cancer
(cancer that cannot be cured) to help keep it from growing and spreading
farther. In either situation, this type of treatment may be given for a long
time.
Palliative care focuses on preventing, managing, and relieving the
symptoms of cancer and the side effects of cancer treatment.
Integrative medicine is a combination of medical treatments for
cancer and complementary therapies to cope with the symptoms and side effects.
You may sometimes hear integrative medicine called complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM). However, there are no true "alternatives"
to cancer treatment.
Sometimes the first treatment for cancer doesn’t work. Find out
more about considering other available treatment options and how to talk with
your health care team about them.
A list of online prescription drug databases that describe how
medications work, the cancers for which they are generally prescribed, safety
precautions, and potential side effects.
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