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

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.

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

…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….

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