Cancer

Cancer : When Your Child Is Diagnosed
by National Cancer Institute
After your child's cancer has been diagnosed, a series of tests will be done to help identify your child's specific type of cancer. Called staging, this series of tests is sometimes done during diagnosis.

Bladder Cancer: Methods of Treatment
by National Cancer Institute
People with bladder cancer have many treatment options. They may have surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or biological therapy. Some patients get a combination of therapies.

Advanced Cancer : Talking With Your Health Care Team
by National Cancer Institute
As your disease advances, it's still important to give feedback to your doctor. That's the only way he or she can know what is working for you. Many people have a treatment team of health providers who work together to help them.

Proteomics and Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
Proteomics is the study of the proteins in a cell, tissue or organism. Only a small percentage of the thousands of proteins in human cells have been sequenced or identified. Proteomics technology is being explored for potential use in cancer diagnosis

Learning About Your Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
Doctors, nurses, and other health care providers can teach you a lot about cancer and its treatment. But sometimes people have trouble learning because they are scared or confused. These feelings can make it hard to learn new information.

When Someone in Your Family Has Cancer : Cancer Treatment, Part 2
by National Cancer Institute
Chemotherapy works mainly on the cancer cells. But healthy cells, especially those that also divide quickly, can be harmed as well. This can cause unwanted side effects, and almost all people taking chemotherapy will have side effects.

Artificial Sweeteners and Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
Artificial sweeteners are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. There is no clear evidence that the artificial sweeteners on the market in the United States are related to cancer risk in humans.

Obesity and Cancer, Part 4
by National Cancer Institute
The biological mechanism that explains how obesity increases cancer risk may be different for different cancers. The exact mechanisms are not known for any of the cancers.

Testicular Cancer: Survival High with Early Treatment
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Cancer of the testicles accounts for only 1 percent of all cancers, yet it is the most common cancer among young men. It is now highly curable if treated early, but men need to look for the warning signs.

Cancer and the Environment : Part 3
by National Cancer Institute
Epstein-Barr virus causes mononucleosis. In people with weakened immune systems, it can also lead to some types of lymphoma. People with weakened immune systems may also be at risk for a cancer called Kaposi's sarcoma if they are infected with human

Neuroblastoma
by National Cancer Institute
Neuroblastoma is a cancer that primarily affects children. It begins in nerve tissue in the neck, chest, abdomen, or pelvis. It usually originates in the abdomen in the tissues of the adrenal gland.

Human Tissue Transplants Safety
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Over the years, the development of new processing and surgical techniques has expanded the use of human tissues. Blood stem cells from umbilical cord blood are now used in experimental therapies to treat cancers such as leukemia.

Cancer Pain : Nondrug Treatments for Pain
by National Cancer Institute
Nondrug treatments are now widely used to help manage cancer pain. There are many techniques that are used alone or along with medicine. Some people find they can take a lower dose of medicine with such techniques.

Marijuana Use in Supportive Care for Cancer Patients
by National Cancer Institute
Cancer, and cancer therapies and their side effects, may cause a variety of problems for cancer patients. Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, and anorexia and cachexia are conditions that affect many individuals with cancer.

Cancer Biological Therapies, Part 2
by National Cancer Institute
Researchers are evaluating the effectiveness of certain antibodies made in the laboratory called monoclonal antibodies (MOABs or MoABs). These antibodies are produced by a single type of cell and are specific for a particular antigen.

Bladder Cancer Staging and Treatment
by National Cancer Institute
If bladder cancer is diagnosed, the doctor needs to know the stage, or extent, of the disease to plan the best treatment. Staging is a careful attempt to find out whether the cancer has invaded the bladder wall, whether the disease has spread

Cryosurgery in Cancer Treatment, Part 2
by National Cancer Institute
Cryosurgery offers advantages over other methods of cancer treatment. It is less invasive than surgery, involving only a small incision or insertion of the cryoprobe through the skin.

External Radiation Therapy
by National Cancer Institute
The high energy rays used for radiation therapy can come from a variety of sources. Your doctor may choose to use x-rays, an electron beam, or cobalt-60 gamma rays. Some cancer treatment centers have special equipment that produces beams of protons

Targeted Cancer Therapies
by National Cancer Institute
Targeted cancer therapies use drugs that block the growth and spread of cancer by interfering with specific molecules involved in carcinogenesis (the process by which normal cells become cancer cells) and tumor growth.

Cancer Medications : Velcade, Vidaza, Xeloda
by National Cancer Institute
The previous accelerated approval was based on response rate and response durability. The post-marketing commitments have been fulfilled with the results of the trial described below.