Cancer Medical Answers

Ovarian cancer is a very aggressive type of cancer or tumor which causes more deaths worldwide than any other gynecological tumor. There are many types of ovarian cancer, depending on...

The clavicle, commonly known as the collar bone, is a type of flat bone. Its one end forms a joint with the sternum while the other end forms a joint with the scapula or the shoulder blade. The clavicle, along with the sternum and the scapula, forms the pectoral girdle which gives attachment to

Chemotherapy, and for purposes of keeping the conversation simple, let's use the term to refer to cancer chemotherapy, can have profound effects on the immune system. Changes in the immune...

Certain Central American countries, especially Nicaragua, have very high rates of stomach cancer. They also have endemic infections with Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium associated with gastric and duodenal ulcers (peptic ulcer...

There is a very straightforward answer to the question of whether teenagers can get cancer: Yes, but it's relatively rare. In the United States, where good records are kept, about...

Testicular cancer isn't something you can wait to get treated. There is one kind of testicular cancer called testicular choriocarcinoma that causes only a small tumor in (usually) one testicle...

Any kind of brain cancer, especially a glioblastoma, comes with a gloomy prognosis. The most common and most deadly form of brain cancer, glioblastoma leaves almost no survivors three months...

Gorlin syndrome, which is also known as nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, is a genetic condition that causes the appearance of multiple basal cell carcinomas all over the body, even...

A form of cancer known as epithelial ovarian cancer has been diagnosed in girls as young as age 15. Epithelial ovarian cancer is a metastatic disease of the tissues covering...

Worldwide, lung cancer is the world's most common form of cancer among men, and the fifth most common form of cancer among women. There are two main forms of lung...