Cancer treatments
Feature: Cancer treatments
Malignant tumours can be life-threatening. There are a variety of treatments that aim to remove them, or at least stop them from growing and spreading. You can read about the most commonly used cancer treatments in this feature.
Feature: Radiotherapy
There are three main options in the treatment of cancer (malignant tumours): Surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Radiotherapy aims to destroy the cancerous tissue by exposing it to certain high-energy rays. The source of radiation can be located outside the body (external radiotherapy), inside the body or very close to the tumour (internal radiotherapy or brachytherapy).
Feature: Stem cell transplantation
Autologous, allogeneic, or reduced-intensity – there are different ways of transplanting stem cells. We explain what these differences are and what kinds of complications can be expected. You can also read how blood stem cells can be obtained for use in transplantation.
