Chemotherapy uses drugs which interfere with the growth and division of malignant cells. Once these drugs are administered, they circulate throughout the body and hence this is more advantageous in the management of cancers that have spread throughout the body like leukemias, lymphomas, and testicular cancers.

Essentially the treatment of cancer is multidisciplinary with combinations of Surgery, Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy in a specific sequence depending on the disease site and stage.

Hormone therapy has limited use in cancer treatment since only a small minority of tumors are hormone sensitive e.g. breast and prostate cancer.

It is a misconception that cancers are incurable, since the current methods of treatment are effective in many cancers. Many patients are cured and more could be cured if their cancers were detected early and treated promptly.