If your cancer has come back, your doctor might suggest a biopsy to verify that it’s a recurrence instead of a second cancer.

If you are diagnosed with thyroid cancer, doctors will try to figure out whether it has spread, and if so, how far. This process is called staging. The stage of a cancer describes how much cancer is ...

Every person can take two actions to greatly reduce their risk of developing and dying from the most common types of cancer in the United States: Make efforts to reduce those harmful everyday habits ...

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of cancer that starts in white blood cells (called lymphocytes) in the bone marrow. CLL mainly affects older adults and accounts for about one-third of all ...

After someone is diagnosed with stomach cancer (gastric cancer), doctors will do exams and tests to help determine if it has spread, and if so, how far. This process is called staging. The stage of a ...

Signs and symptoms of cancer depend on where the cancer is, how big it is, and how much it affects nearby organs or tissues. If a cancer has spread (metastasized), signs or symptoms may appear in ...

Cancer starts when cells in the body begin to grow out of control. Cells in nearly any part of the body can become cancer, and can then spread to other areas of the body. To learn more about cancer ...

About 22,010 people will be diagnosed with AML. Most cases will be in adults. About 11,090 people will die from AML. Again, most of these deaths will be in adults. AML accounts for about 1 out of 3 ...

For pancreatic cancer, doctors use the cancer’s stage to discuss survival statistics. However, for discussions on how best to treat pancreatic cancer, that is based on whether the tumor can be ...

“Discarding unnecessary medication is really important. Exposure or accidental ingestion are concerns, especially if you have ...

As an Associate Scientist in Data Analysis within Population Science, Marisa Wong, MPH, works with other American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers and outside collaborators to conduct statistical ...

Cancer incidence rises in women and decreases in men. In 2021, rates were 82% higher in women than in men under age 50. Before the text, there is an icon of a man next to a woman who is taller.