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Nearly every cancer patient with a solid tumor or tumors is likely to undergo some form of surgery during his or her treatment journey. And while surgery is often a first-line treatment for cancer, it may be preceded (neoadjuvant) or followed (adjuvant) by another treatment—usually chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy.
Knowing the truth about cancer risk factors may help you make good decisions about prevention and treatment, should you develop the disease.
Scientists understand a bit about why cancer risk increases with age, but they have much more to learn.
Physical changes often brought on by menopause may also bring many questions and concerns, especially about added risks for developing cancer.
Advances in technology have given doctors a multitude of imaging procedures to help diagnose and stage cancer —and determine which treatments may be most effective.
When an immunotherapy drug is used to treat cancer, it stimulates the production of immune cells to locate and destroy cancer cells, which may cause the tumor to temporarily grow.
The burden of taking on these unfamiliar responsibilities, combined with anxiety over the health of a loved one, may lead to mental health disorders among cancer patients’ partners.
Dr. Ruchi Garg answers some of your most frequently Googled uterine cancer questions.
Can you tan safely without exposing your skin to the damage that may lead to skin cancer? The short answer: No.
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