1. You may have problems with your prostate that aren’t cancer.

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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 ...

For many years, rumors have circulated online suggesting that underarm antiperspirants might cause breast cancer. While the research on this topic is limited, most studies have not found a link ...

What is thyroid cancer? Thyroid cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the thyroid gland. It happens when cells in the thyroid grow out of control and crowd out normal cells. Sometimes thyroid ...

Biopsy samples of cells or body tissues can be taken from almost any part of the body and used to help diagnose cancer. In fact, cancer is almost always diagnosed through a biopsy. How the samples are ...

Nuclear medicine scans ( also known as nuclear imaging, radionuclide imaging, and nuclear scans) can help doctors find tumors and see how much the cancer has spread in the body (called the cancer’s ...

The most commonly used breast imaging tests at this time are mammograms, ultrasound, and breast MRI. Other tests, such as CT scans, bone scans, or PET scans might sometimes be done to help find out if ...

The vulva is the outer part of the female genitals. The vulva includes the opening of the vagina (sometimes called the vestibule), the labia majora (outer lips), the labia minora (inner lips), and the ...

Cancer Care Toolkit It can be hard to keep track of all the information you get about your cancer diagnosis and treatment. But keeping everything organized can help you feel less stressed and more ...

Several risk factors can affect a person’s chance of getting non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and some of these are linked only to certain types of lymphoma. Learn more.