A range of medicines made from purified versions of chemicals that naturally occur in the body. They include monoclonal antibodies and immunotherapy. Also called biotherapies.

The prevention or treatment of disease using substances that alter the immune system’s response. This is a type of biological therapy.

A treatment that blocks the body’s natural hormones that help cancer grow. Also called hormone therapy or hormone treatment.

Drug therapy that supplies the body with hormones that it no longer produces naturally.

A type of external radiation therapy in which the radiation beams are aimed from several directions, while the intensity (strength) is controlled by computers. This helps to reduce some side effects.

See brachytherapy or radioisotope therapy.

The use of radiation, usually x-rays or gamma rays, to kill cancer cells or injure them so they cannot grow and multiply. Sometimes radiation therapy is used to control pain.

A type of internal radiation therapy used to treat liver tumours. Also called SIRT.

A type of external radiation therapy that uses a computer to shape the radiation beams to the shape of the tumour. This delivers high doses of radiation to the tumour while sparing the normal tissues as much as possible. Beams…

A type of radiation therapy whereby single or multiple beams of radiation sweep around the body, greatly reducing treatment time….