Diagnosing leukemia in its earliest stages can improve a patient’s prognosis. Learn how this condition is diagnosed.
A group of blood cancers in which the bone marrow produces excessive numbers of myeloid blood cells.
More than 80 percent of children diagnosed with cancer are cured, and chemotherapy is an effective treatment for childhood cancer.
Chemotherapy uses drugs that kill cancer cells or stop them from multiplying. Learn more about this treatment.
Whether for screenings, diagnosis, or treatment for yourself or someone you care about, Yale Cancer Center offers multidisciplinary care.
Half of all people with cancer are treated with radiation therapy. It is effective for treating almost all types of cancer in almost any part of the body.
Doctors only diagnose cancer after ruling out other possible causes for symptoms and performing tests to check and double-check the diagnosis. Learn more about these tests.
Yale Medicine doctors at our Survivorship Clinic give each patient a roadmap for their treatment and life after cancer.
Cancer surgery is any procedure to remove cancerous tumors and surrounding tissue. Learn more about these procedures.
While smoking remains the most common cause of lung cancer, you can develop the disease if you smoked very little or never smoked at all. Genetics are becoming an important key to treating these cancers.