How is cancer treated

Surgery

Surgery can be used to diagnose, treat, or even help prevent cancer in some cases.

It often offers the greatest chance for cure, especially if the cancer has not spread to other parts of the body.

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is the use of medicines or drugs to treat cancer.

The thought of having chemotherapy frightens many people.

But knowing what chemotherapy is, how it works, and what to expect can often help calm your fears.

Radiation therapy

Radiation therapy uses high-energy particles or waves to destroy or damage cancer cells.

It is one of the most common treatments for cancer, either by itself or along with other forms of treatment

Photodynamic therapy

Photodynamic therapy or PDT is a treatment that uses special drugs, called photosensitizing agents, along with light to kill cancer cells.

The drugs only work after they have been activated or "turned on" by certain kinds of light.

Some other treatments

Blood Product Donation and Transfusion

Lasers in Cancer Treatment

Stem Cell Transplant (Peripheral Blood, Bone Marrow, and Cord Blood Transplants)

Hypothermia

Immunotherapy