Finding the right treatment center and health care team to treat your cancer isn't always easy. Here you can learn more about the types of health professionals who care for people with cancer. We also ...

Pancreatic cancer is on the rise in the United States, but there's another, less common type called pancreatic neuroendocrine ...

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, ...

Precancerous cells, also called premalignant cells, are abnormal cells that have changes in how they look or grow. The cells are not cancer, but they show changes that raise the risk of turning into ...

If polyps were found during your colonoscopy, they were most likely removed. If a polyp was very large, a biopsy or sample ...

Before Charly Good, PhD, ever set foot in a laboratory, cancer had already shaped her life. Both of her grandmothers passed away from breast cancer before she was born, leaving behind stories of ...

If you’re due for colorectal cancer screening, you might be getting ready to have a colonoscopy. While the procedure itself is usually quick and pain-free, the colonoscopy prep required beforehand can ...

Oophorectomy is a surgery to remove one or both ovaries. The ovaries are small organs that make eggs and hormones like estrogen and progesterone. This surgery can help prevent ovarian cancer and might ...

Diagnosed with colorectal cancer at just 29, Chris Lopez was the youngest patient his oncologist had ever treated. Now in remission, he’s turning his experience into a mission: raising awareness, ...

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