If your cancer has come back, your doctor might suggest a biopsy to verify that it’s a recurrence instead of a second cancer.

Eating a balanced diet can lower your cancer risk and improve your overall health. Replace refined grains, added sugars, and highly processed foods with whole grains, beans, vegetables, and fruits.

As an Associate Scientist in Data Analysis within Population Science, Marisa Wong, MPH, works with other American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers and outside collaborators to conduct statistical ...

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 ...

About 22,010 people will be diagnosed with AML. Most cases will be in adults. About 11,090 people will die from AML. Again, most of these deaths will be in adults. AML accounts for about 1 out of 3 ...

People usually volunteer to donate stem cells for an allogeneic (allo) transplant either because they have a loved one or friend who needs a match or because they want to help others. Some people give ...

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 ...

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of cancer that starts in white blood cells (called lymphocytes) in the bone marrow. CLL mainly affects older adults and accounts for about one-third of all ...

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 ...

Estimated numbers of new cancer cases and deaths in 2023 by cancer site and US state Current cancer incidence, mortality, and survival statistics Information on cancer symptoms, risk factors, early ...

At Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events, participants walk to celebrate and honor breast cancer survivors, thrivers, and caregivers, educate the public about prevention and detection to reduce ...

B lymphocytes (B cells): B cells make proteins called antibodies to help protect your body from germs (bacteria and viruses). T lymphocytes (T cells): There are many types of T cells. Some T cells ...