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Carcinoid Tumors: When Surgery Isn't an Option
When carcinoid tumors are at a more advanced stage, surgery may not be possible. However, other treatments can help manage these neuroendocrine tumors. Although these treatments don't cure the cancer, they can help slow or stop the growth of the tumor and ease symptoms. Depending on the location of
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Cancer: Should You See a Specialist?
A cancer diagnosis can be scary. You want to make sure you get the best treatment possible. But how do you know who to go to? No matter what type of cancer you have -- or whether you need surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or all three – should you see a doctor who specializes in your particular type
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8 Ways to Help Your Doctor Make the Right Diagnosis
When you feel sick, achy, or exhausted, you want to know why. You want to know now. But it's not always easy to find the right diagnosis, especially when your symptoms are vague or common. And unfortunately, some of the time the experts come up with a misdiagnosis. Nobody knows the exact number of c
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What Is Carcinoid Syndrome?
Carcinoid syndrome is a set of symptoms caused by some carcinoid tumors, which grow out of cells that are part of the endocrine system. These tumors sometimes produce too many hormones, such as serotonin, which cause the symptoms of carcinoid syndrome. Carcinoid tumors are usually slow to grow and s
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15 Cancer Symptoms Women Ignore
Women tend to be more vigilant than men about getting recommended health checkups and cancer screenings, according to studies and experts. They're generally more willing, as well, to get potentially worrisome symptoms checked out, says Mary Daly, MD, oncologist and head of the department of clinical
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HPV Test Beats Pap Test for Cervical Cancer Screening
Dec. 15, 2011 -- A test that looks for the virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer may be the best way to screen women over age 30 for the disease, a new study shows. The study followed 45,000 women ages 29 to 56 in the Netherlands who were split into two groups. The first group got a tradit
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Tanning Booths Increase Risk of Most Common Skin Cancer
Dec. 14, 2011 -- Indoor tanning has been under heavy fire the last few years, and a new study will do nothing to tone down the assault. Indoor tanners are close to 70% more likely to develop the most common type of skin cancer before their 40th birthday, a new study shows. The skin cancer, basal cel
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Colorectal Cancer on the Rise in Adults Under 50
Dec. 13, 2011 -- In some respects, the U.S. is winning the war on cancer. Recent reports show an overall decline in the number of new cancer cases and fewer cancer deaths. But those gains aren’t being shared by everyone. A case in point: A new study shows that rates of colon and rectal cancers have
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Carriers of Breast Cancer Gene at Risk of Second Cancer
Dec. 9, 2011 (San Antonio) -- Women who have been successfully treated for cancer in one breast and who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 cancer gene are at increased risk for developing cancer in their other breast. Women who received their first diagnosis when they were 40 or younger and women with so-call
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Bone Drug May Extend Lives of Young Women With Breast Cancer
Dec. 9, 2011 (San Antonio) -- A drug given to protect bones during breast cancer treatment extended the lives of young women with the disease, researchers report. In a study of more than 1,800 premenopausal women, those given the bone-strengthening drug Zometa along with their cancer drugs were 37%
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