TREATMENT

Maintenance Therapy

Maintenance therapy is treatment continued after the first phase has controlled the cancer, aiming to delay growth. It is used in specific cancers and regimens, not as a default extra. It may be a lower-intensity chemotherapy, a targeted drug, an immunotherapy, or a hormone medicine. The benefit and the burden are both discussed, because staying on treatment has side effects and does not guarantee that the cancer will remain controlled.

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Questions worth asking

What is this phase trying to achieve?
How long is it usually continued?
What side effects should change the plan?
What happens if we stop and watch instead?

What it is not

Maintenance therapy is not a promise that cancer will stay away. It is also not the same as palliative care, though both can be part of life with cancer. The decision belongs in a consultation that has the scans and the response to earlier treatment.

Questions about this topic

Does everyone need maintenance treatment?

No. Many treatment plans end after a set number of cycles, followed by observation. Maintenance is added only when evidence and the individual situation support it.

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