Neoplasms or tumors can be cancerous or non-cancerous and can grow in 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.
Stopping smoking makes cancer treatments more effective, lessens treatment complications, and decreases the chances of cancer returning.
Telomeres, which cap the ends of human chromosomes, may hold the key to understanding how humans age and develop diseases.
Hodgkin lymphoma is a type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system, which is part of the immune system.
A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening blockage in a lung artery that strains the lungs and the right side of the heart, among other symptoms.
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.