What happens if the treatment isn’t working?

Your team watches closely: scans, blood tests and appointments. If the treatment is not helping, or the side effects are more than you can live with, they will talk through what else there is.

Leaving a treatment that is not helping you is part of how good cancer care works, and your team should raise it with you before you have to.

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