Cancer Treatment

Support and information for bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cell, and cord blood transplants.

Information about chemotherapy treatment, drugs and side effects. Includes an overview of the treatment process and OncoLink Rx, a list of teaching sheets about chemotherapy drugs.

Information about anti-cancer and supportive care medications. These can be used as teaching handouts for patients.

The first step to participating in a clinical trial is understanding what that is all about. These articles explain the basics of a cancer clinical trial, dispel common myths, and provide resources to learn more.

A guide to help you navigate the realm of complementary and alternative medicine with tips and warnings on treatments such as herbals, vitamins, chemicals, diet, meditation, massage, acupuncture, and body-mind therapy.

Support and information about the various hormonal therapies used to treat several types of cancer, including breast and prostate cancer.

Find tips for coping with hospitalization and situations that arise when in the hospital.

Immunotherapy is a method of treating cancer that uses the body’s own capabilities to identify and kill cancer cells.

Interventional specialties include Interventional Radiology (IR) and Interventional Pulmonary (IP). These specialists performs minimally-invasive procedures to treat cancer and manage certain side effects of cancer and it's treatments.

Articles explaining the many tests used to diagnose and monitor cancer, including radiology tests, various types of biopsies, tests to evaluate the gastrointestinal track, tumor markers and more.

Information about radiation therapy, the treatment process, and side effects.

Support and information about the various surgical procedures used to treat many types of cancer.

Targeted therapy medications work by attaching to a specific target in the cancer cell that helps cancer grow and spread.