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 ...

Cancer starts when cells in the body begin to grow out of control. Cells in nearly any part of the body can become cancer, and can then spread to other areas of the body. To learn more about cancer ...

Early pancreatic cancers often do not cause any signs or symptoms. By the time they do cause symptoms, they have often grown very large or already spread outside the pancreas. People with pancreatic ...

For pancreatic cancer, doctors use the cancer’s stage to discuss survival statistics. However, for discussions on how best to treat pancreatic cancer, that is based on whether the tumor can be ...

B-cell lymphomas make up most (about 85%) of the non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) in the United States. These types of lymphomas start in early forms of B lymphocytes (B cells). The most common types of ...

To understand bile duct cancer, it helps to know about the bile ducts and what they normally do. Bile is a fluid made in your liver and stored in your gallbladder. Your bile ducts are a series of thin ...

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 ...

The incidence rate of testicular cancer has been increasing in the US and many other countries for several decades. The increase is mostly in seminomas. Experts have not been able to find reasons for ...

Colorectal cancer might not cause symptoms right away, but if it does, it may cause one or more of these symptoms. Colorectal cancers can often bleed into the digestive tract. Sometimes the blood can ...

Over the last 30 years, the risk of dying from cancer has steadily declined, sparing some 4 million lives in the United States. This downward trend can partially be explained by big wins in smoking ...

Bone is the supporting framework for your body. The hard, outer layer of bones is made of compact (cortical) bone, which covers the lighter spongy (trabecular) bone inside. The outside of the bone is ...

Editor’s Note: Guidelines on diet and physical activity are updated as scientific evidence continues to evolve. Please read the most recent recommendations here. Engaging in regular exercise is good ...