Treatment options vary, depending on the type of cancer and how far it has grown and spread. See the separate leaflets on the specific cancers for more details. There is also another leaflet called Staging and Grading Cancer, which discusses how a cancer is classified depending on its type (grading) and how far it has spread in the body (staging). Briefly, the three most common treatments are:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/cancer/cancer-treatment