Radiation therapy to the brain, head, or neck. Radiation affects only the area where the radiation beam is directed. When ...

Her new doctor immediately took action, performing a series of tests and soon discovering what others had missed: Avi had ...

Resectable versus unresectable cancer The AJCC staging system provides a detailed summary of how far an esophagus cancer has spread. But for treatment purposes, doctors are often more concerned about ...

The Cancer Research for High School Program is part of the American Cancer Society Center for Innovation in Cancer Research ...

Some treatments for rheumatoid arthritis could increase cancer risk. One reason is because some cells in our immune system ...

Cancer Facts & Figures 2023 is an educational companion for Cancer Statistics 2023, a scientific paper published in the American Cancer Society journal, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. These ...

The purpose of these estimates is to inform state and local cancer care organizations and providers, patient support programs and educators, advocates, and researchers so they can allocate resources ...

Many people can have polyps and, like Andy, have no symptoms. A polyp can take as many as 10 to 15 years to develop into cancer. Experts are not sure exactly how or why colorectal polyps grow or what ...

Detection and Diagnosis Catching cancer early often allows for more treatment options. Some early cancers may have signs and symptoms that can be noticed, but that is not always the case.

Chemotherapy along with radiation therapy is an effective treatment for some cervical cancers. Learn about different chemo drugs and possible side effects.

The treatment of most cases of acute promyelocytic leukemia differs from usual AML treatment. Learn more about APL treatment here.

After someone is diagnosed with endometrial cancer, doctors will try to figure out if it has spread and, if so, how far. This process is called staging.