Cancer

What is palliative care? Palliative care is care meant to improve the quality of life of patients who have a serious or life-threatening disease, such as cancer. It can be given with or without curative care. Palliative care is an approach to care that addresses the person as a whole, …

Stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer, is a cancer that starts in the stomach. To understand stomach cancer, it helps to know about the normal structure and function of the stomach. The stomach After food is chewed and swallowed, it enters the esophagus, a tube that carries food through the …

Tests for Cervical Cancer The first step in finding cervical cancer is often an abnormal Pap test result. This will lead to further tests which can diagnose cervical cancer. Cervical cancer may also be suspected if you have symptoms like abnormal vaginal bleeding or pain during sex. Your primary doctor …

What causes cervical cancer? Human papillomavirus (HPV) is found in about 99% of cervical cancers. There are over 100 different types of HPV, most of which are considered low-risk and do not cause cervical cancer. High-risk HPV types may cause cervical cell abnormalities or cancer. More than 70 percent of …

Prostate Cancer Risk Factors A risk factor is anything that affects your chance of getting a disease such as cancer. Different cancers have different risk factors. Some risk factors, like smoking, can be changed. Others, like a person’s age or family history, can’t be changed. But having a risk factor, …

Key Statistics for Prostate Cancer How common is prostate cancer? Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men. The American Cancer Society’s estimates for prostate cancer in the United States for 2017 are: About 161,360 new cases of prostate cancer About 26,730 deaths from …

Adrenal cancer symptoms The adrenal glands are a production center for regulatory hormones such as adrenaline and cortisone. For this reason, many of the symptoms of adrenal cancer are related to hormonal imbalances resulting from tumors secreting too much or too little of a particular hormone. A large percentage of …

How Does Breast Cancer Form? Changes or mutations in DNA can cause normal breast cells to become cancer. Certain DNA changes are passed on from parents (inherited) and can greatly increase the risk for breast cancer. Other lifestyle-related risk factors, such as what you eat and how much you exercise, can increase …

Knowing how your breasts normally look and feel is an important part of breast health. Finding breast cancer as early as possible gives you a better chance of successful treatment. But knowing what to look for does not take the place of having regular mammograms and other screening tests. Screening tests can …

Signs and symptoms of liver cancer tend not to be felt or noticed until the cancer is well advanced. HCC signs and symptoms may include: Jaundice – skin, tongue and whites of the eyes become yellow Abdominal pain – often on the right side, may reach as high up as …