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

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 ...

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

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States, except for skin cancers. It accounts for about 30% (or 1 in 3) of all new female cancers each year. The American Cancer Society's ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Chemotherapy and other cancer treatments can impact the heart. Learn more about the signs of heart problems from chemo.

Survival rates of gallbladder cancer are based on outcomes of people who've had the disease. Find the survival rates for gallbladder cancer here.

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