Surgical removal of a part of a tumour, to enhance the effectiveness of other treatments, such as chemotherapy.

The process of inserting a probe into a cancerous tumour to freeze and destroy cancer cells. Sometimes called cryosurgery.

A type of benign brain tumour.

Surgical removal of a tumour involving a cut through the face.

A type of brain tumour.

A treatment for kidney cancer in which the artery that feeds the diseased kidney is deliberately blocked. This causes the kidney and the tumour inside it to die.

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