Advanced treatments
Understanding modern cancer treatment options.
Treatment categories
What each type of treatment does.
CAR-T Cell Therapy
A form of cellular therapy with established roles in selected blood cancers. Suitability requires specialist evaluation and cannot be determined from a website.
Immunotherapy
Treatment acting on immune regulation, used where the cancer type and biomarker context support it, with defined monitoring requirements.
Targeted Therapy
Treatment directed at a specific molecular alteration identified in the tumour, interpreted in clinical context.
Chemotherapy
Systemic cytotoxic treatment, still central to curative, adjuvant, neoadjuvant and palliative treatment in many cancers.
Hormone Therapy
Hormone-directed treatment in hormone-sensitive cancers, such as some breast and prostate cancers.
Antibody-Drug Conjugates
An antibody that delivers a cytotoxic payload to cells carrying a specific target, used in defined biomarker settings.
How suitability is assessed
Treatment choice follows the diagnosis and the biology.
Discuss which treatment options are relevant to your diagnosis.
Bringing pathology, imaging and any molecular reports allows a more specific discussion.