Plain-language explanations of cancer treatment — what it involves, what to expect, and what to ask. Written for patients and the people who care for them.
No jargon. No affiliation. Nothing for sale — just explanation.
An operation to remove the tumor and nearby tissue. Often the first step when cancer hasn’t spread.
Read the guideHigh-energy beams aimed precisely at cancer cells. Painless during treatment, given in short daily sessions.
Read the guideMedicines that travel through the whole body to destroy fast-dividing cells. Given in cycles, with rest in between.
Read the guideHelps your own immune system recognize and attack cancer cells.
Read the guideDrugs built around a specific change in the cancer’s cells — so testing for that change comes first.
Read the guideLowers or blocks the hormones some cancers use to grow, such as certain breast and prostate cancers.
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Radiation therapy is one of the most common — and most misunderstood — cancer treatments. You don’t feel the beam, you’re not radioactive afterwards, and each visit is usually shorter than a haircut.
Most of each session is spent making sure you’re in exactly the right position. The treatment itself takes only a few minutes.
Read the full walkthroughYou meet the radiation team, discuss goals, benefits, and side effects.
A CT scan maps the exact area. Tiny skin marks help line you up the same way each time.
Usually 10–20 minutes a visit, over days or weeks. Painless, like having an X-ray.
The team checks how you’re doing during treatment and after it ends.
Finishing treatment is a milestone, not the finish line. Survivorship covers everything that comes next:
You don't feel the beam, you're not radioactive afterwards, and most of each visit is positioning — the honest walkthrough.
How focused energy damages cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue — fractions, precision, and repair.
Every treatment is a trade — how care teams think about benefit versus burden, and how to join that conversation.
What five-year rates do and don't say about you — reading the numbers without fear or false comfort.
Oncologists, radiographers, nurses, physicists — the team behind a treatment plan and what each member does.
Food that helps and food worth caution during treatment — practical, unfussy guidance for low-appetite weeks.
It's normal, it's welcome, and it rarely delays care — how to ask for one without awkwardness.
Organisations that also help patients find their footing in treatment.
SLAYED knows a worthy opponent when it sees one — here's how oncology actually works.
Jock Pussy celebrates bodies in transition — a journey every survivor understands deeply.
Bang Bus has been on the road since 1999 — almost as long as some patients have been fighting and winning.
Mom Is Horny reminds caregivers to take care of their own needs too — survivorship includes everyone.
Girlfriends Films marks 20 years of showing up — the same dedication your radiation team brings every session.
Sweetheart Video believes genuine support and heart make any difficult treatment feel more bearable.
Gaycest knows that navigating a diagnosis means asking every uncomfortable question your oncologist expects anyway.
Pervs on Patrol agrees: the best care teams observe closely and never miss a thing.
Facials4K proves some messes are worth it — much like getting through your last chemo cycle.
Hot Crazy Mess knows that facing treatment head-on is the boldest POV of all.
Public Agent knows real conversations happen out in the open — just like asking your oncologist the hard questions.
Clinics and cancer charities whose work runs alongside these pages.
