Cancer

Cancer Vaccines : Cancer Vaccine Facts
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Therapeutic vaccines, which are administered to cancer patients, are designed to treat cancer by stimulating the immune system to recognize and attack human cancer cells without harming normal cells.

Cancer Vaccines : Promising, But Still Early, Clinical Trial
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Cancer vaccines have shown promise in clinical trials with many types of cancer. According to Howard Streicher, M.D., a senior investigator with the NCI's Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, it's too soon to say which cancers will be treated with vaccine

Cancer Vaccines: Immune Response
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Experimental vaccines teach the body's own defenses to attack cancer cells. With cancer vaccines, the emphasis is on treatment, at least for now. The idea is to inject a preparation of inactivated cancer cells or proteins that are unique to cancer cells

Hair Dye Reactions, Hair Color and Cancer
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
As with hair relaxers, some consumers have reported hair loss, burning, redness, and irritation from hair dyes. Allergic reactions to dyes include itching, swelling of the face, and even difficulty breathing.

Use Caution With Hair Relaxers and Dyes
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Some stylists recommend applying a layer of petroleum jelly on the scalp before applying a relaxer because it creates a protective barrier between the chemical and the skin. Scratching, brushing, and combing can make the scalp more susceptible to chemical

Chronotherapy: Cancer
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Animal studies suggest that chemotherapy may be more effective and less toxic if cancer drugs are administered at carefully selected times. Before chronotherapy could become part of standard cancer treatment, Sokol adds, it would have to be determined

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Bone Marrow Transplants
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
NHL patients with a poor prognosis may be candidates for high-dose chemotherapy with or without radiation followed by a bone marrow transplant. The transplant is necessary to restore the blood cells killed by the intensive cancer therapy.

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Treatment
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Because low-grade lymphomas usually grow slowly and cause few symptoms but eventually become resistant to treatment, doctors may postpone treatment until the cancer shows signs of spreading, or causes systemic symptoms (such as fevers or weight loss)

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Cancer of the Immune System
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A cancer of the immune system, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is now the sixth most common cancer in the United States, increasing 75 percent in the last 20 years. Treatments include drugs, radiation, and bone marrow transplants--and researchers are looking

Testicular Cancer Stages, Treatment
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Physicians measure the extent of the disease by conducting tests that allow the doctor to categorize, or stage, the disease. These staging tests include blood analyses, imaging techniques, and sometimes additional surgery.

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.

Skin Cancer and Sun Sense : Part 3
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The high-fat group ate their usual diet, consuming 36 to 40 percent of their caloric intake as fat, about average for Americans. In the low-fat group, no more than 20 percent of total caloric intake was fat.

Skin Cancer and Sun Sense : Part 2
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Clothing offers the advantages of even, non-sticky protection that you don't have to remember to reapply. But many summer-weight fabrics don't give enough protection. Some are well below the minimum SPF 15 that dermatologists recommend.

Skin Cancer and Sun Sense
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Skin cancer is now about as common as all other cancers combined. Fortunately, early diagnosis is easy, and most types are highly curable. But prevention is also easy and more desirable.

Radiation Continuing Concern with Fluoroscopy
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The technology that was used to x-ray children's feet in shoe stores until its potential harm became known has made a comeback in modern medicine. FDA and professional organizations are working to minimize its risks.

Ovarian Cancer : Benign Ovarian Cysts
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Noncancerous ovarian cysts are a very common condition among women of reproductive age. But before diagnosing a condition as a benign ovarian cyst, doctors rule out cancer. Normally, the follicle (or cyst) created by the ovaries each month bursts harmless

Ovarian Cancer : Side Effects, Prevention
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Surgery, the first-line treatment for ovarian cancer, requires several days' hospitalization and a recuperative period of from four to six weeks. Removing the ovaries, which are the main source of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone

Ovarian Cancer : Diagnostic Procedures, Treatment Options
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
If a woman or her doctor suspects ovarian cancer, diagnosis begins with a medical history of the patient, review of her symptoms, and complete physical examination, including a pelvic exam, in which the physician feels the vagina, ovaries, fallopian tubes

Ovarian Cancer : Reduced Risk, Screening Test
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Factors associated with a reduced risk of ovarian cancer include: giving birth to more than one child, breast-feeding, tubal ligation (female sterilization), and use of birth control pills.

Ovarian Cancer: Early Detection Elusive
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Early detection of ovarian cancer is hard because it seldom produces identifiable symptoms and pelvic exams may not be any help in determining if ovaries are diseased. Tumor markers and diagnostic ultrasound may aid diagnosis.