Today, more people than ever are living for many years after a cancer diagnosis.

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A neoplasm is an abnormal growth of cells in the body. It happens when the body’s normal process of making and replacing cells doesn’t work as it should. When a neoplasm forms into an abnormal growth, ...

A risk factor is anything that increases your chances of getting a disease, such as breast cancer. But having a risk factor, or even many, does not mean that you are sure to get the disease. Certain ...

Immunotherapy is the use of medicines to stimulate a person’s own immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells more effectively. Certain types of immunotherapy can be used to treat prostate ...

Twenty-six new Discovery Boost Grants and six Mission Boost Grants have been awarded by the American Cancer Society this spring.

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 ...

If you or someone you love has a brain tumor, knowing what to expect can help. Here you’ll find information on brain tumors in adults, including risk factors, symptoms, and how they are found and ...

There are several risk factors that could affect someone’s chance of getting multiple myeloma. A risk factor is anything that raises your chance of getting a disease such as cancer. Different cancers ...

When melanoma is diagnosed by skin biopsy, more surgery will probably be needed to help make sure the cancer has been removed (excised) completely. This fairly minor operation will cure most thin ...

Multiple myeloma can often be treated effectively, but it is very hard to cure. Even if your myeloma is in remission, you may get regular treatment with medicines, radiation therapy, or other ...