This week's artwork was donated by Vansom, a pediatric cancer patient who received treatment at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia . Hormone Therapy Hormone therapy is the use or manipulation of hormones natural or synthetic to treat disease. For example in prostate cancer some frequently used hormones are Eulexin and Flutamide. This is a picture of the clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital.
Patients come here to be examined before receiving radiation therapy.
Radiation therapy is the use of high-energy penetrating rays or subatomic particles to treat or control cancer. Radiation can be given in two ways, externally by a special machine, or internally, by placing radioactive substances in the body. External radiation is more commonly used and sometimes both methods are used. This is a picture of the linear accelerator which is the machine radiation oncologists use to administer radiation treatment. External radiation therapy - a machine delivers radiation to cancer inside the body or on the surface of the skin.