Drugs that help prevent the growth of oestrogen-dependent cancer cells by reducing the amount of oestrogen in a post-menopausal woman’s body.

Slight changes in the cells of the cervix that could be precancerous abnormalities.

A non-cancerous condition of the cells in the lining of the milk ducts in the breast.

One of the three types of cells that make up the skin’s top layer (epidermis).

A type of skin cancer that develops in the basal cells of the top layer (epidermis) of the skin.

A type of radiation therapy treatment that implants radioactive material sealed in needles or seeds into or near cancerous cells. Also called internal radiation therapy.

A biopsy procedure in which a fine needle is placed into a lump to extract cells.

Abnormal changes in the surface layers of the cervix. These changes are not cancer but are precancerous cells. Also called dysplasia.

The use of cytotoxic drugs to treat cancer by killing cancer cells or slowing their growth. Chemotherapy can also be used to reduce the size of the cancer and help lessen the pain. It may be given in combination with…

When the surrounding tissue removed during surgery does not contain any cancer cells.