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Comprehensive Cancer Information

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Risk Factors for Cancer

WEBAlthough some of these risk factors can be avoided, others—such as growing older—cannot. Limiting your exposure to avoidable risk factors may lower your …

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Breast Cancer Screening Cancer Trends Progress Report

WEBHealthy People 2030 Target. Increase to 80.5 percent the proportion of women aged 50 to 74 years who have received a breast cancer screening based on the most recent …

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Understanding Cancer

WEBUnderstanding Cancer. Cancer is not one disease, but a collection of related diseases that can occur almost anywhere in the body. At its most basic, cancer is a disease of the …

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Tests and Procedures Used to Diagnose Cancer

WEBLab tests used to diagnose cancer. High or low levels of certain substances in your body can be a sign of cancer. So lab tests of your blood, urine, and other body …

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Enhanced Antibody-Drug Conjugate Eradicates Large Breast …

WEBIn cancer therapeutics, targeted therapies are a rapidly developing field of interest. These include antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), compounds that carry small …

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Registration Past, Present, and Future of Cellular Immunotherapy

WEBDisclaimer: Photographs, video, and live streaming may occur during this conference for social media and other event publicity purposes. Your registration and/or participation in …

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NLST-1219: Improving risk stratification of uncertain pulmonary …

WEBWith the progress of screening technology, especially the wide application of computed tomography (CT), the detection rate of uncertain pulmonary nodules (IPNs) …

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Subcutaneous Versus IV Nivolumab for Kidney Cancer

WEBFor people with advanced kidney cancer, an injectable form of nivolumab (Opdivo) is a suitable alternative to the original intravenous form, early results from a …

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AACR’s 2024 Cancer and Biomedical Research Career Fair

WEB2024-04-06 09:00 2024-04-06 15:00 America/New_York AACR’s 2024 Cancer and Biomedical Research Career Fair The Frederick National Laboratory will be at the AACR …

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About This Website

WEBAbout This Website. Cancer.gov is the central website for the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the U.S. government’s principal agency for cancer research. NCI is mandated by …

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Breast Cancer Prevention

WEBBreast cancer is the second most common type of cancer in American women. Women in the United States get breast cancer more than any other type of …

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Rusfertide Cuts Number of Needed Blood Draws to Treat PCV

WEBFor people with polycythemia vera, treatment with the drug rusfertide appears to substantially reduce their reliance on blood draws to avoid serious health …

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Cell Phones and Cancer Risk Fact Sheet

WEBThere are two main reasons why people are concerned that cell (or mobile) phones might have the potential to cause certain types of cancer or other health problems: Cell …

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Electromagnetic Fields and Cancer

WEBElectric and magnetic fields are invisible areas of energy (also called radiation) that are produced by electricity, which is the movement of electrons, or current, through a wire. …

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Gene Fusion from Cancerous T Cells May Boost T-Cell Therapy

WEBIn a mouse model of melanoma, for example, TCR T cells with the fusion gene flowed into tumors in much greater numbers and killed tumor cells much more …

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Putting Cancer Disparities in the Rearview Mirror

WEBSofia, a married mother of two who lives in New Mexico, was faithful about getting her free annual breast cancer screenings. But when a suspicious finding turned …

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Colon Cancer Treatment

WEBColon cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the colon. The colon is part of the body’s digestive system.The digestive system …

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Simple Hysterectomy an Option for Early-Stage Cervical Cancers

WEBWith a median follow-up of 4.5 years, the 3-year pelvic recurrence rate was 2.52% in the simple hysterectomy group and 2.17% in the radical hysterectomy group. …

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Prostate Cancer—Patient Version

WEBProstate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the United States. Prostate cancer usually grows very slowly, and finding and treating it before symptoms occur may …

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Harms of Cigarette Smoking and Health Benefits of Quitting

WEBSmoking is the leading cause of premature, preventable death in this country. Cigarette smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke cause about 480,000 premature deaths each …

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Lutathera Delays Growth of Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors

WEBPeople with advanced neuroendocrine tumors in the digestive system may benefit from a treatment combination that includes the drug Lu 177-dotatate (Lutathera), …

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Understanding Prostate Changes

WEBThe prostate is a small gland in men. It is part of the male reproductive system.The prostate is about the size and shape of a walnut. It sits low in the pelvis, below the bladder and …

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Asbestos Exposure and Cancer Risk Fact Sheet

WEBAccording to IARC, there is sufficient evidence that asbestos causes mesothelioma (a relatively rare cancer of the thin membranes that line the chest and abdomen), and …

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Formaldehyde and Cancer Risk

WEBSince the 1980s, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has conducted studies to determine whether there is an association …

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