At your next large family gathering, talking about past cancer diagnoses throughout the family tree could provide valuable insight about possible risks of inherited cancers.
Neoplasms or tumors can be cancerous or non-cancerous and can grow in any part of the body.
Lynch syndrome is an inherited genetic disorder linked to an increased risk of developing cancer, often at a younger age in life—especially colorectal cancer, and, for women, endometrial cancer.
Colonoscopy is a procedure that uses an endoscope to examine the inside of the large intestine. Learn more about this procedure.
Colorectal cancer is a malignant (cancerous) growth that forms in the colon or rectum. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Cancer screening is any method of looking for cancer before it causes symptoms and is easier to treat. Learn more about these procedures.
Whether for screenings, diagnosis, or treatment for yourself or someone you care about, Yale Cancer Center offers multidisciplinary care.
Any problem that affects your healthy tissue and organs and arises as a result of cancer treatment is called a cancer treatment side effect.
Stomach cancer develops when malignant cells begin to grow somewhere in the five layers that form the stomach lining.
A type of cancer that begins in the gallbladder, a small organ located below the liver.