Finding cervical cancer often starts with an abnormal HPV (human papillomavirus) or Pap test result. This will lead to further tests which can diagnose cervical cancer or pre-cancer. The Pap test and ...

To close out Men’s Health Month, the Cancer Connections team sat down with Dr. William Dahut, the American Cancer Society’s ...

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. After a cancer diagnosis, staging ...

When is chemo used for stomach cancer? Chemo might be used at different times to help treat stomach cancer: Chemo can be given before surgery for stomach cancer. This is known as neoadjuvant treatment ...

In large doses, radiation can cause serious tissue damage and increase a person’s risk of later developing cancer. The low doses of radiation used for imaging tests might increase a person’s cancer ...

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 ...

These are just a few of the health benefits of quitting smoking, but there are others, too. Quitting smoking lowers your risk of other cancers over time, including cancers of the stomach, liver, ...

If the air quality is poor, stay inside as much as possible and avoid fireworks.

Steve Drayton, a man living with HIV and a three-time cancer survivor, has dedicated the last 30 years of his life to ...

The most common approaches to treating acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) in adults are described here. To learn how children with APL are treated, see Treatment of Children With Acute Promyelocytic ...

About 350 to 400 new pediatric cases of rhabdomyosarcoma occur each year in the United States. The number of new cases has not changed much over the past few decades. About 3% of all childhood cancers ...

Move your body. If you’ll be sitting in a plane or a car for hours, be sure to get up and move as often as possible. “Travel, having cancer, and cancer treatments can all increase the risk of blood ...