INFORMATION ABOUT TREATMENTS
INTRAVENOUS TREATMENT
Before beginning your intravenous treatment, it is important to watch the videos related to your situation.
- Chemotherapy video
- Immunotherapy video
- Cancer and nutrition video (in French only)
- Addendum: Breast Cancer and Nutrition Fact Sheet (in French only)
Intravenous administration sometimes requires a central venous catheter that will remain in place for the duration of your treatments. This may be a Port-a-cath® or a PICC line. Here are some information leaflets available for download:
ORAL TREATMENT
Before beginning oral treatments, it is also important to watch the four following videos, with or without subtitles:
Treatment compliance
Safe handling and waste management
Managing side effects
Professionals to support you
RADIOTHERAPY
Radiotherapy for the Laurentian region is usually done at the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de Laval.
Informations on radiotherapy at the CISSS of Laval (in French only)- Accommodations available during radiotherapy at the CISSS de Laval (in French only)
CHEMOTHERAPY - IMMUNOTHERAPY
Intravenous (IV) antineoplastics
- General information : Advice for users undergoing anticancer treatment and for their family members
- Side effects : Advice for users undergoing anticancer treatment and for their family members
- Complementary therapies
- Chemotherapy treatment with ambulatory infusion pump (CADDmd SOLIS VIP) (in French only)
- Chemotherapy and other drug therapies (a guide for people with cancer)
- Questions to ask when you have cancer
Oral antineoplastics
- General information : Advice for users undergoing anticancer treatment and for their family members
- Complementary therapies
- Chemotherapy and other drug therapies (a guide for people with cancer)
- Questions to ask when you have cancer
Intravesical antineoplastics (in the bladder)
Supportive treatments
Protecting bones (bisphosphonates)
- Zoledronic acid (ZometaMD) (in French only)
- Denosumab (XGEVAMD) (in French only)
- Pamidronate (ArediaMD) (in French only)