Cancer Treatment Options

Other Treatment Methods

Angiogenesis Inhibitors Therapy

A fact sheet that describes the process of eliminating the blood supply to tumors. Lists the cancers in which this approach is being tested.

Biological Therapies for Cancer: Questions and Answers

A fact sheet that provides an overview of how the immune system functions and describes the actions of biological therapies.

Biological Therapy

An introduction to biological therapy to help patients prepare to receive it for cancer treatment or managing side effects.

Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation

A fact sheet that explains the step-by-step procedures of two types of transplantations used with high-dose chemotherapy, including their risks and benefits.

Gene Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers

A fact sheet that discusses research with genetic material in developing cancer therapies, including risks, benefits, and ethical issues.

Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers

A fact sheet that defines hyperthermia (treating tumors with heat) and its side effects.

Lasers in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers

A fact sheet that describes use of high-intensity light in cancer treatment, its advantages and disadvantages, and types of procedures that use it.

Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer

A fact sheet that explains photodynamic therapy, how it is administered, and indications and side effects of treatment.

Targeted Cancer Therapies

This NCI fact sheet describes targeted cancer therapies, which are drugs that block the growth and spread of cancer by interfering with specific molecules involved in carcinogenesis (the process by which normal cells are transformed into cancer cells) and tumor growth.