This page, and our downloadable calendar above, highlight the specific days, weeks and months that are used to promote important messages about different cancer types. Pain can sometimes last for months Cancer drugs such as chemotherapy are usually given in cycles over several months
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A series of cycles is called a course of treatment.
You will have a chemotherapy treatment plan for your type of cancer
You may have several chemotherapy drugs If you are dying with cancer, you might have questions You might wonder how much time you have left to live The team looking after you will try to answer as best they can.
Hormone therapy with chemotherapy often controls metastatic prostate cancer for many months But the cancer usually starts to grow again You might hear your doctor calling this castration resistant prostate cancer We have more information about this further down the page.
You might have long term side effects after having external radiotherapy for prostate cancer
These include problems getting an erection and bowel and bladder problems. Immunisations and cancer treatment immunisation includes several vaccines children and adults routinely have to protect against infections Your resistance to infection can sometimes be low if you have or have recently had some cancer treatments Chemotherapy radiotherapy some types of immunotherapy drugs some targeted cancer drugs long term steroids removal of the spleen the.
Most chemotherapy side effects are temporary and disappear once your treatment is over For some people, chemotherapy can cause long term changes in the body months or years after treatment. Brachytherapy for prostate cancer can cause some long term side effects This includes passing urine more often and difficulty getting an erection.
Problems after lung cancer surgery there is a risk of problems or complications after any operation
Possible problems after lung cancer surgery include feeling tired, an air leak from the lung, breathing problems, or pain
