There is no “one-size-fits-all” treatment for patients living with cancer. Cancer occurs when normal cells in the body genetically mutate and transform into abnormal cells that divide uncontrollably.
In most cases, these cancer cells form a solid mass of tissue called a tumour. The genetic changes that cause a tumour can influence its composition, so two people may have the same type of cancer but different types of tumours. A treatment may then work for one patient but not another.
