As Relay For Life celebrates 40 years of impact, Dee Dee sees opportunity for continued growth. She believes in evolving the ...

Focus on including foods high in calories, protein, and nutrients into your loved one’s diet when they are experiencing ...

What is thyroid cancer? Thyroid cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the thyroid gland. It happens when cells in the thyroid grow out of control and crowd out normal cells. Sometimes thyroid ...

Biopsy samples of cells or body tissues can be taken from almost any part of the body and used to help diagnose cancer. In fact, cancer is almost always diagnosed through a biopsy. How the samples are ...

Breast cancer cells taken out during a biopsy or surgery are tested to see if they have certain proteins that are estrogen or progesterone receptors. If your breast cancer cells have these receptors ...

Nuclear medicine scans ( also known as nuclear imaging, radionuclide imaging, and nuclear scans) can help doctors find tumors and see how much the cancer has spread in the body (called the cancer’s ...

Several risk factors can affect a person’s chance of getting non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and some of these are linked only to certain types of lymphoma. Learn more.

Doctors use imaging tests to take pictures of the inside of your body. Imaging tests can be used to look for cancer, find out how far it has spread, and to help see if cancer treatment is working.

Take an active role in your breast cancer care by asking questions about your cancer and its treatment. Here are a list of key questions.

Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM) is a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) that produces large amounts of an abnormal protein (called a macroglobulin). Learn more here.

Most often, initial treatment of bladder cancer is based on the stage (extent) of the cancer, although other factors can also be important. Learn more here.

The most commonly used breast imaging tests at this time are mammograms, ultrasound, and breast MRI. Other tests, such as CT scans, bone scans, or PET scans might sometimes be done to help find out if ...