Targeted therapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses drugs or other substances to precisely identify and attack certain types of cancer cells. A targeted therapy can be used by itself or in combination with other treatments, such as traditional or standard chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation therapy.
Side effects of targeted therapy
Targeted therapies work differently to other cancer treatments such as chemotherapy. Different chemotherapy drugs often have similar side effects because they work in the same way.
The side effects of targeted therapy can be more varied. This is because the different types of drugs target cancer cells in different ways.
Some targeted therapy drugs can have more than one action.
Your specialist doctor, nurse and pharmacist will talk to you about the side effects of treatment.
For more information, please visit Macmillan Cancer Support.