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CANCER CARE
What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Thyroid Cancer?
Tiny thyroid cancers may be over-diagnosed and over-treated. But you still need to see a doctor about signs and symptoms of thyroid cancer.
Sex after Treatment for Prostate Cancer
After you have surgery and radiation treatment for prostate cancer, the biggest certainty is that your sex life will be different. Not gone, just different.
Aspirin May Help Prevent Esophageal Cancer
Aspirin lowers the risk of colorectal cancer – and it could help prevent esophageal cancer, too, by protecting against pre-cancerous Barrett’s esophagus.
Cancer Screening Guidelines
Early detection improves your chances of beating cancer.
Is Cancer Hereditary?
The many types of cancer have genetic factors, but that doesn’t make them hereditary.
What Causes Cancer?
There is no one answer to what causes cancer. You may have been born with a vulnerability that is then triggered by experiences like smoking or exposure to air pollution.
Alcohol and Cancer
If cancer runs in your family, be especially careful not to over-imbibe.
How to Reduce Colon Cancer Risk Factors
Lots of common sense advice adds up to less risk, especially not smoking.
Genetic Screening for Breast and Ovarian Cancer
A family or personal history of reproductive cancer can indicate it’s important — and potentially life-saving — to be proactive about genetic testing.
Child Cancer Survivors Need Follow-up Adult Care
Young cancer survivors can have physical and emotional problems as adults from cancer treatments. Screening can help them be healthy adults.
Why You Need Cervical Cancer Screening
Too many women are dying of cervical cancer. Why? The problem is not enough women are getting a Pap smear, the test that screens for the disease.
Colorectal Cancer Risk Assessment
Take the AssessmentCancer of the colon or rectum (colorectal cancer) usually develops slowly, over several years. Excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in both men and women in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths overall, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). Still, the death rate from colorectal cancer has been dropping for more than 20 years because of better detection and treatment. Take this simple assessment to learn about your risks for colorectal cancer.