A cancer diagnosis can make you feel small—and the world of care feel impossibly large. Understanding your options can bring that world within reach.
From established oncology treatments to integrative therapies, supportive care and emerging approaches used around the world, this library helps you understand the language of your options. Learn what to search, compare what clinics report and bring thoughtful questions to your oncologist. No guide can promise an outcome—but good information can help you feel less lost, more prepared and more hopeful about the next conversation.
Medicines, procedures, and tests described in cancer care.
Every treatment guide is listed here. Select any name to open its guide, or use the filters below to narrow the detailed cards.
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Established diagnostic tool for selected treatment decisions
Biomarker testing looks for features of a cancer, such as gene changes or proteins, that may help guide treatment. Testing may use tumor tissue, blood or another sample, depending on the question being asked. It can identify an approved treatment…
Read the guideTargeted immune therapy for selected blood cancers and solid tumors
Bispecific antibodies are laboratory-made proteins designed to bind two targets. Some bring an immune cell close to a cancer cell; others block two cancer-related signals. The exact drug, target, cancer type, treatment line, and biomarker determine whether this treatment is…
Read the guideEstablished intensive treatment pathway for selected cancers
A blood stem cell transplant restores the cells that make blood after intensive cancer treatment. An autologous transplant uses the patient’s own collected cells; an allogeneic transplant uses cells from a donor. These procedures are used mainly for selected blood…
Read the guideEstablished localized radiation treatment
Brachytherapy places a radiation source in or close to a tumor using an applicator, catheter or small implant. Depending on the treatment plan, the source may be removed after a short period or remain as a permanent implant whose radiation…
Read the guideThese guides organize publicly available and clinic-provided information. Services and availability can change, so confirm current details directly with the clinic.
