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How was my treatment plan chosen?

Your team weighs up the type of cancer, how far it has gone, your general health, and what the research shows works.

Most cases go to a team meeting as well, where several specialists look at it together before anything is decided.

Written by two physicians. Checked against patient information from the US National Cancer Institute and Cancer Research UK.

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