Treatment and Supportive Care Terms

Continuous or frequent treatment with low doses of anticancer drugs, often given with other methods of therapy.

A type of treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of radiation and certain anticancer…

A type of treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of radiation and certain anticancer…

In cancer treatment, substances that kill cancer cells by targeting key molecules involved in cancer cell growth.

A treatment planning approach in which a number of doctors who are experts in different specialties (disciplines) review and discuss the medical condition and treatment options of a patient.

Therapy that combines more than one method of treatment.

Music therapy is a credentialed clinical practice using structured musical activities, guided by a trained therapist, to address physical, emotional, or cognitive treatment goals.

High-dose chemotherapy that kills cells in the bone marrow, including cancer cells.

Treatment that inhibits blood cell production.

Treatment moved to the front of the queue, shrinking a tumor before surgery and revealing in advance how it answers back.

A type of treatment that uses special products to give small, steady doses of nicotine to help stop cravings and relieve symptoms that occur when a person is trying to quit smoking.

Treatment using an oncolytic virus (a virus that infects and breaks down cancer cells but not normal cells ).

Turning an infection into a treatment, where the burst tumor cell matters less than the alarm its debris raises.

Bursting the tumor cell is only half the mechanism; the wreckage left behind shows the immune system what it should be hunting.

Supplemental oxygen given as a treatment for low blood oxygen, delivered at a controlled concentration rather than as much as possible.

The commonest misconception is that it signals giving up, when it can begin on the day of diagnosis.

Treatment given to relieve the symptoms and reduce the suffering caused by cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

Treatment with injections of antibodies made in another animal or in the laboratory.

A chemotherapy combination used to treat endometrial, ovarian, head and neck cancers, and non-small cell lung cancer that has spread.

Small doses taken at the moment they are wanted track pain better than larger ones handed out on a fixed clock.