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What is Exercise Oncology?

When you're diagnosed with cancer, exercise may be the last thing on your mind. Exercise during and after cancer treatment may help make side effec...

What is Angiosarcoma?

It may not be an option if the cancer is too big or has spread to other parts of your body. Radiation uses X-rays or other high- energy beams to ki...

What is Anal Cancer?

The incidence rate of anal cancer is six times higher in single men as compared to married men.

Understanding Pancreatic Cancer -- The Basics

In pancreatic cancer, the organ's cells grow abnormally. About 95% of pancreatic cancers are exocrine cell cancers, called adenocarcinoma. These ca...

Most Common Cancers and How to Spot Them

Exactly how many new cases there are each year isn’t clear because doctors can often treat it in their office and don’t have to report cases to can...

What is Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer?

If your doctor says you could be likely to get hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC), there's a lot of information to take in. If you're diagnos...

Cancer Symptoms

Tell your doctor if you have pain when you pee or blood in your urine. Endometrial cancer can make you bleed when you don't expect it. Changes in a...

Hormone Therapy for Cancer

Hormones help certain types of breast, prostate, and some other cancers to grow. You can use tamoxifen before or after menopause. If you have one o...

Genes and Your Health

Treatment can make it a little bit better, but you’ll still have the disease. Other diseases caused by changes to your genes -- the doctor will cal...

Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis and Tests

With multiple myeloma, cancerous plasma cells divide and grow inside your bone marrow. MyPRS: The Myeloma Prognostic Risk Signature test measures 7...

How Do I Know If I Have Cervical Cancer?

Most women in the early stages of cervical cancer don't have any symptoms. But if you’re diagnosed with cervical cancer, know it’s very treatable w...

Uterine Polyps

Uterine polyps, also called endometrial polyps, are small, soft growths on the inside of a woman’s uterus, or womb. Your doctor can look inside you...