Chemo vs Radiation for Head & Neck?
Different tools, different reach. Chemotherapy sends drugs through the bloodstream to hit cancer cells anywhere in the body, while radiation aims targeted energy beams strictly at the tumour site and nothing beyond it. For head and neck cancer the two often...
Neoadjuvant Chemo Before Surgery?
Often, yes. Neoadjuvant chemo means chemotherapy given before surgery instead of after, and its whole job is to shrink the tumour and clear out cancer sitting in nearby lymph nodes before anyone picks up a scalpel. Shrink it enough and a big, radical operation can...
Wait-and-Watch vs Surgery?
When rectal cancer responds so well to chemo and radiation that scans and scopes can’t find a trace of it left, some patients get offered a choice. Skip the operation entirely and just keep a close eye on things, that’s wait-and-watch. Or go ahead with...