Cancer Medical Reference
- How to Spot the Early Warning Signs of Cancer
Is it cancer, or something else? Find out what symptoms you should never ignore.
- What Is Retinoblastoma?
Retinoblastoma can rob young children of their sight. Find out what causes it, what to look for, and how it's treated.
- Pheochromocytoma
Very rare tumors that form in the adrenal glands and raise your blood pressure are called pheochromocytomas. Here’s what you should know if you or a loved one has been diagnosed.
- Adrenal Cancer
Learn about the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of adrenal cancer, a disease that starts with a tumor in your adrenal glands.
- Causes of Neuroendocrine Tumors
Find out what can raise your risk for getting neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).
- Carcinoid Tumors
Learn about the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of carcinoid tumors, a type of cancer that can show up in many different places in your body.
- Grades and Stages of Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs)
Your doctor uses the tumor grade and stage to see where your tumor is, and find out whether it's likely to spread. Learn how these measures help guide your treatment.
- Throat Cancer: What to Know
From first symptoms to recovery, this is what you need to know about throat cancer.
- Ways Dogs Ease Cancer Treatment
Dogs can be powerful therapy for people going through cancer treatment. WebMD explains.
- How Do I Take Chemotherapy Drugs?
How will you take your chemotherapy drugs: as pills, shots, creams, IVs?
- Penile Cancer
Learn the symptoms and treatments for cancer of the penis.
- Adenocarcinoma: Does It Spread Very Fast?
Find out about the diagnosis and treatment of adenocarcinoma, a cancer that starts in the lining of glands in your body, including those in your colon, breasts, esophagus, lungs, pancreas, or prostate.
- How to Eat When You Have Cancer
A good diet is key when you have cancer. Here are tips that can help when food is the last thing on your mind.
- Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer)
Bile duct cancer forms inside your bile duct, a thin tube about 4 to 5 inches long.
- 5 Curable Cancers
For some types of cancer, there’s greater hope for recovery after treatment.
- Osteosarcoma
This type of bone cancer most often affects children and teens. Learn what causes it and how to spot it.
- How Chemotherapy Works
Learn about the different types of chemotherapy drugs and how they fight cancer.
- How to Fight Fatigue During Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy can wipe you out, but there are simple ways that can help you feel more rested.
- Checklist: Prepare to Go Home Before You Go In
Before you start chemo, plan ahead by making arrangements for the things you might face at home.
- When Your Chemotherapy Changes
At some point in your chemotherapy treatment, you or your doctor may decide to change the drugs you're taking or how often you take them. Here's why you might make such a change and how it can affect you.
- Chemotherapy Side Effects
While chemotherapy fights your cancer, the drugs you take can affect how you feel. Learn the side effects you might face and how you can handle them.
- How to Eat When Chemo Kills Your Appetite
Chemotherapy can zap your appetite. These tips can help you eat well when food seems like the last thing you want.
- What Are Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs)?
NETs are rare tumors that cause many different symptoms, but there are many ways to treat them.
- What Is Chemo Brain?
Chemotherapy can help you beat cancer, but side effects are almost certain. It’s common for you to have a cloudy mind, called "chemo brain," during and after treatment.
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, a cancer that begins in your liver.
- Carcinoid Syndrome
Carcinoid syndrome is a group of symptoms you might get if you already have carcinoid tumors, a type of cancer. Find out what you can do about it.
- Polycythemia Vera
Polycythemia vera is a rare blood cancer. Here's what you need to know, from symptoms to treatment.
- Renal Cell Carcinoma
WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, and treatment of renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer.
- Cancer: A Caregiver’s Daily Checklist
Being a caregiver for someone with cancer means knowing when to help. It also means letting them do things for themselves. Use this checklist to make daily care easier.
- Cancer Treatment: What Are the Options?
Learning about the different treatment options can help ease your worries.
- Remission: What Does It Mean?
What you need to know if your cancer goes into remission.
- Sarcoma
A sarcoma is a rare kind of cancer that grows in connective tissue -- cells that connect or support other kinds of tissue in your body. WebMD explains the symptoms, causes, and treatment.
- How Health Care Reform Affects Your Cancer Care
Will your health insurance cover your cancer treatments? WebMD discusses how health reform affects your cancer treatment needs.
- Chemotherapy: How It Works and How You'll Feel
Chemotherapy uses drugs to destroy cancer cells. Unlike radiation or surgery, which target specific areas, chemotherapy can work throughout your body.
- Tips for Managing Chemotherapy Side Effects
WebMD looks at ways to help manage side effects of chemotherapy, such as nausea and vomiting.
- What Is Carcinoma?
WebMD explains the symptoms of different types of carcinomas, including basal cell, squamous cell, renal cell, and invasive ductal carcinomas, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), and adenocarcinoma.
- Caring for Someone With GIST
Caring for someone with GIST can be challenging. What you can do to help your loved one.
- Daily Life With GIST
Daily living solutions when you’re dealing with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST).
- Nasopharyngeal Cancer
WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, and treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer -- a type of head and neck cancer.
- Carcinoid Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms, Treatments
Learn more from WebMD about carcinoid syndrome, including its causes, symptoms, and treatments.
- Treating Bone Metastasis
An overview of treatments for metastatic cancer in the bone, including how they work and possible side effects.
- Common Cancers That Metastasize to the Bones
Learn more from WebMD about cancers that are most likely to metastasize to the bones, what happens when they do, and treatments for bone metastases.
- Radioembolization
WebMD discusses the uses of radioembolization treatment for cancer patients.
- FISH Test
WebMD explains how the FISH test is used to diagnose cancer.
- Peritoneal Cancer
WebMD explains peritoneal cancer, including its symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
- Bone Cancer
WebMD discusses tumors and cancers that affect the bones and how they are treated.
- Neurofibrosarcoma and Schwannoma
WebMD explains the causes and treatment of nerve sheath tumors known as neurofibrosarcoma and schwannoma.
- Esophageal Cancer
Get the facts about esophageal cancer, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments.
- What to Expect From Radiation Therapy
Fatigue and skin problems are common side effects from radiation therapy for cancer. Learn about other possible effects and what you can do about them.
- Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs)
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors may or may not be cancer. Treatment for these rare tumors depends on what kind they are and how far they have spread.