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News: Cancer Council Queensland expands patient transport service in Brisbane

Cancer Council Queensland has partnered with Icon Cancer Centre to expand its home-to-treatment transport service to include the Moreton Bay region. The Transport to Treatment service, which currently operates in inner-city Brisbane, will now transport eligible cancer patients from their…

neo-adjuvant therapy

Giving treatment before the primary treatment to try and make the primary treatment more successful….

hormone therapy

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

personalised medicine

The application of the right treatment for the right patient, at the right dose, and at the right time. Also known as individualised treatment….

adjuvant therapy

A treatment given with or shortly after another treatment to enhance its effectiveness.

complementary therapies

Supportive treatments that are used in conjunction with conventional treatment. They might improve general health, wellbeing and quality of life, and help people cope with side effects of conventional cancer treatment.

androgen deprivation therapy

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

late effects

Side effects of cancer treatment that occur several months or years after treatment.

surveillance

When a person does not receive immediate treatment, but instead has their health monitored regularly, with the option of future treatment if necessary….

photodynamic therapy

A type of treatment using a cream that is activated by a light….