Cancer treatments explained – from chemotherapy to radiotherapy and surgery [Video]

THERE are more than 200 different types of cancer, and each is diagnosed and treated in a particular way.

From the more common forms like bowel and breast to the rarer melanoma and brain tumours, there are numerous medications and therapies available.

Because everybody is different and people’s cancers are caught at different stages, there is no one size fits all.

It’s also common for patients to be offered a combination of treatments to provide the best chance of survival.

According to the NHS, there are six main ways of treating cancer.

Many forms of cancer require surgery to remove the diseased tissue from the body.

This is common, but it isn’t available for all types.

Leukaemia and lymphoma, for example, have often spread throughout the body and an operation won’t get rid of all of it, according to Cancer Research …