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Treatment can be given with the aim of curing the cancer, controlling it or relieving symptoms. People are often given more than one type of treatment for their cancer. Get detailed information on the drugs or procedures you may have, how and why they are given and the side effects that you might experience.
For information on treatments for specific cancers, please see the relevant cancer type|.
Get information about biological therapies, which use substances that occur naturally in the body to destroy cancer cells. They include monoclonal antibodies, cancer growth inhibitors, vaccines and gene therapy
Get information about hormonal therapies, which alter the way hormones which occur naturally in the body to affect cancer cells. They're commonly used to treat breast and prostate cancer
Find out about high-dose treatment with stem cell support and allogeneic (donor) stem cell transplants
Watch a video about surgery for cancer. Surgery may be used to confirm a diagnosis, find out more about a cancer, remove (treat) the cancer or reconstruct part of the body
There are more than 50 different chemotherapy drugs that may be used alone or in combination, find out how they are given, and their different side effects
Radiotherapy is the use of high energy rays to destroy cancer cells. It may be used to cure some cancers, to reduce the chance of recurrence or for symptom relief
Find out about therapies that might be given alongside other treatments for cancer
Read about other cancer treatments such as hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO), photodynamic therapy (PDT) and radiofrequency ablation
For answers, support or just a chat, call the Macmillan Support Line free (Monday to Friday, 9am-8pm)
If you have any questions about cancer, need support or just want someone to talk to, ask Macmillan.
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