Treatment options

The cancer treatments used at our centre are at the forefront of modern healthcare. We also work in close collaboration with colleagues from The Royal Marsden.

A team of health professionals will work with you to plan the treatment that is best for you. They will look at many factors, including your individual case, your preferences and the stage of your disease. They will then discuss all of your possible options with you once a diagnosis has been made.

 

The treatment offered to you may include:

Watch and wait

If your blood cancer is slowly developing it may not need treatment straight away. Your doctor may recommend that you are closely monitored, with treatment only starting when it is needed.

 

Chemotherapy 

This is a cancer treatment which uses medicine to kill cancer cells. You may be given this as an oral tablet or intravenously (directly into your veins).

Learn more about chemotherapy at Royal Surrey Cancer Centre.

 

Transfusion and other blood product

Blood transfusions do not treat blood cancer itself, but they do give you healthy blood cells if your body isn’t producing its own. This can help relieve symptoms and side effects.

 

Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy uses your immune system to fight cancer and works by helping your immune system to recognise and attack the cancer cells. 

Read more about immunotherapy treatment at Royal Surrey Cancer Centre.

 

Radiotherapy

This uses radiation to kill cancer cells. Learn more about radiotherapy.

 

Targeted therapies

These are treatments that seek and attack specific parts of cancer cells. They work by helping to slow the growth and spread of these cells. Discover more about targeted therapies.