…Understanding Complementary Therapies booklet. Are they safe? Many complementary therapies have been evaluated and safe to use together with conventional cancer treatment and medicine. However, some complementary therapies can affect the way conventional treatment and medicine work, and even stop…
…treatment please refer to the Understanding Cancer Treatment booklet series. Understanding Radiation Therapy This booklet will help you understand more about radiation therapy, one of the main treatments for cancer. Radiation therapy is also known as radiotherapy. Radiation therapy…
A medical appointment after treatment has finished. Also known as a follow-up.
When a person does not receive immediate treatment, but instead has their health monitored regularly.
Persistent swelling in tissues as a result of obstruction or damage of lymphatic vessels or lymph nodes from infection, cancer or cancer treatment….
The individual, usually once daily, dose of radiation that makes up part of a course of radiation therapy treatment.
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.
A person who has finished their active cancer treatment and is free from any signs of cancer.
Treatment that combines chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
A type of radiation therapy whereby single or multiple beams of radiation sweep around the body, greatly reducing treatment time….