A patient who stays in hospital while having treatment.

A system where all members of the treatment team collaborate to discuss a patient’s physical and emotional needs as well as any other factors affecting their care. The team meets to review cases and decide on different treatments and care….

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

Unproven therapies that are used in place of conventional treatment, often in the hope that they will provide a cure.

…on less intensive treatment regimens. What does this mean? Information on a greater than expected number of deaths following treatment can be used to guide clinicians in treatment decisions and patient surveillance to allow early intervention if possible, with the…

A doctor who specialises in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of skin conditions, including melanoma.

A diagnostic x-ray machine that is used to ensure the correct alignment of the treatment beam with the tumour….

A patient who is not hospitalised overnight but who visits a hospital, clinic, or associated facility for diagnosis or treatment….

When a woman stops having periods (menstruating) and can’t become pregnant anymore. This can happen naturally or because of treatment….

A form of treatment in which needles or probes are inserted into the cancer to destroy the cancer cells by passing microwave or radio waves into the cancer.