Cancer Articles

The sooner you notice that something may be wrong, the quicker you can take necessary steps in order to successfully diagnose and treat blood cancer on time. Here are the most common findings outside the laboratory involving blood cancer.

There are over two hundred types of cells in our bodies, and most of them can, at some point, become cancer cells. This includes lymphocytes, a sub-type of white blood cells.

Proton therapy, the most advanced form of radiation treatment around today, does less damage to healthy tissue, allows doctors to target tumors more precisely, and results in fewer side effects. SteadyHealth spoke to a medical physicist to find out more.

Nearly everyone who has chronically dry and chapped lips has wondered at one time or another if maybe, just maybe, they had lip cancer. Here are 10 ways to tell whether you need to see your doctor about a dry patch on the lip that won't go away.

Millions of patients lose their lives to cancer every year. Tests that can discover cancer in its earlier stages are more widely available than ever, and the results tell us many of these deaths could have been avoided with the right kind of prevention.

Lung cancer is the most common cancer affecting men and it happens to have a high mortality rate. Scientists are continually trying out new modalities of treatment to improve its prognosis. Let us see some new forms of treatment that are being tried out.

HPV causes hundreds of thousands of deaths each year, all around the globe. In many cases, it shows no symptoms. And it's easily prevented. Here's why your kids should get the HPV vaccine.

Some of the drugs used in chemotherapy, like anthracyclines, have been shown to cause damage to the heart muscle which can range from mild to life-threatening. The effects can happen even decades after the treatment. Here's what you need to know about it.

Leukemia is the most common cancer in pediatric patients. There are many known risk factors that are associated with leukemia in children. Genetics and exposure to radiation are the most well-established risk factors for the development of leukemia.

Leukemia makes up about 33% of all childhood cancers. The conventional way to treat ALL is through chemotherapy, which is conducted in three phases: induction, consolidation and maintenance, and leads to a survival rate of 85%.