Many people can have polyps and, like Andy, have no symptoms. A polyp can take as many as 10 to 15 years to develop into ...

The two most important things you can do to prevent cervical cancer are to get the HPV vaccine if you are eligible, and to be tested regularly according to American Cancer Society (ACS) guidelines.

After being diagnosed with endometrial cancer, doctors will try to figure out if it has spread and, if so, how far. This process is called staging. The stage of a cancer describes how much and where ...

Cervical cancer may also be suspected if you have symptoms like abnormal vaginal bleeding or pain during sex. Your primary doctor or gynecologist often can do the tests needed to diagnose pre-cancers ...

To close out Men’s Health Month, the Cancer Connections team sat down with Dr. William Dahut, the American Cancer Society’s ...

Catching cancer early often allows for more treatment options. Some early cancers may have signs and symptoms that can be noticed, but that is not always the case. After a cancer diagnosis, staging ...

When is chemo used for stomach cancer? Chemo might be used at different times to help treat stomach cancer: Chemo can be given before surgery for stomach cancer. This is known as neoadjuvant treatment ...

In large doses, radiation can cause serious tissue damage and increase a person’s risk of later developing cancer. The low doses of radiation used for imaging tests might increase a person’s cancer ...

These are just a few of the health benefits of quitting smoking, but there are others, too. Quitting smoking lowers your risk of other cancers over time, including cancers of the stomach, liver, ...

If the air quality is poor, stay inside as much as possible and avoid fireworks.

Steve Drayton, a man living with HIV and a three-time cancer survivor, has dedicated the last 30 years of his life to ...

Prompt diagnosis and treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), a subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), is very important because people with APL can quickly develop life-threatening ...