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.

A hormone produced by the ovaries that prepares the lining of the uterus (endometrium) for pregnancy. Also used as a hormone treatment….

…home with his Mum providing palliative care. He passed away at 8 years and 10 months. The experience prompted Jenny to start up the Central Queensland branch of Childhood Cancer Support in 1996, where she was the founding president. Making…

An anti-oestrogen hormone treatment….

A treatment that uses radio waves to heat and destroy cancer cells….

A breakdown of bone tissue due to radiation therapy treatment.

A treatment using soundwaves (ultrasound) to heat and destroy cancerous tissue.

Your doctors will run a number of tests to get a diagnosis, see if the cancer has spread to other parts of your body and develop a treatment plan. The tests you have will depend on the type of cancer…