- What Is Cancer? - NCI
Explanations about what cancer is, how cancer cells differ from normal cells, and genetic changes that cause cancer to grow and spread
- Comprehensive Cancer Information - NCI
Accurate, up-to-date, comprehensive cancer information from the U S government's principal agency for cancer research
- Overall Cancer Statistics - Annual Report to the Nation
The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer has statistics on cancer deaths and new cases (incidence)
- Cancer risk decreases with more physical activity - NCI
Learn more about the intramural research done in NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics For more information about cancer, please visit the NCI website at cancer gov or call NCI’s Cancer Information Service, at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237)
- Types of Cancer Treatment - NCI
This page lists the different cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy and takes you to more information about each type
- New response evaluation criteria in solid tumours: Revised RECIST . . .
This guideline describes a standard approach to solid tumour measurement and definitions for objective assessment of change in tumour size for use in adult and paediatric cancer clinical trials
- Why Is Early-Onset Cancer On the Rise? - NCI
There is some evidence that inherited cancer-related genetic changes, often called germline mutations, may bear some responsibility for the growing number of early-onset cancers, according to Zsofia Stadler, Ph D , of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)
- Breast Cancer - NCI
Mammograms can detect breast cancer early, possibly before it has spread Explore the links on this page to learn more about breast cancer prevention, screening, treatment, statistics, research, clinical trials, and more
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