For more than 30 years, Suzy Lawrence has been a steadfast advocate for people impacted by cancer. Her journey with the ...

Understanding the chemotherapy drugs you’re getting can help you feel more informed and prepared. Knowing the group that the chemo belongs to—and its exact name—can give you helpful context for why ...

Planning chemotherapy involves more than just picking a medication. Your cancer care team considers many factors—like cancer type, treatment goals, and your overall health—to decide which type of ...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States, except for skin cancers. It accounts for about 30% (or 1 in 3) of all new female cancers each year. The American Cancer Society's ...

A risk factor is anything that affects your chance 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. Some men ...

Polyps are common in people who do not have FAP, but people with FAP have many more polyps at younger ages than would be expected. People with FAP can develop hundreds or thousands of polyps, where ...

Los pulmones son dos órganos similares a esponjas que se encuentran en su pecho. Su pulmón derecho tiene tres secciones llamadas lóbulos. Su pulmón izquierdo tiene dos lóbulos. El pulmón izquierdo es ...

If you are a woman (or if you have female reproductive organs), cancer and cancer treatment could affect your ability to have a child. Before you start treatment, talk with your doctor and cancer care ...

Allana Roach, PhD, MSB, is a senior associate scientist (program manager) for the Clinical and Population Sciences Program in Extramural Discovery Science at the American Cancer Society (ACS). She is ...

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) can cause many different signs and symptoms. Some are more common with certain subtypes of AML. More often these symptoms are caused by something other than leukemia. But ...

Precision medicine is a way health care providers can offer and plan specific care for their patients, based on the particular genes, proteins, and other substances in a person’s body. This approach ...