The statistics are sobering and undeniable — African American men develop prostate cancer at twice the rate of white men and are more likely to die from the disease. This reality makes understanding ...

A step-by-step guide to what to do once you receive an early-stage breast cancer diagnosis ...

Uterine cancer is staged using the FIGO and TNM systems based on tumor size, lymph nodes, and metastasis. Stage 1 uterine cancer may involve abnormal vaginal bleeding and is often treated with surgery ...

The extent of the bladder cancer — how far it has spread — matters. Your care team needs to know if your cancer sits on or in the first lining of your bladder (non-muscle invasive), if it goes into ...

Oropharyngeal cancer is the most common type of throat cancer. After your diagnosis, you will learn the stage of the cancer. The stage lets you know how far, if at all, the cancer has spread from the ...

Staging means finding out how far prostate cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group prostate cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being ...

Dr. Victor Vogel answers the question: What are the stages of breast cancer? — -- Question: What are the different stages of breast cancer? Answer: There are five stages of breast cancer, ...

This fact sheet explains how lung cancer is staged, and what each stage means. Lung cancer staging can be complex, but this fact sheet is intended for patient education. Our easy-to-read fact sheets ...

The mental load of being a cancer patient.

At just 42, a mom of three kids was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, which had already spread to her brains and bones.