Introduction

 

Understanding the basics of cancer can give you confidence and help you feel more in control. While cancer remains a serious and complicated illness, the number of cancer survivors has been increasing thanks to better detection, treatments, and care.

In the column to the right, you will find links to information that will give you the cancer basics you need quickly: how cancer develops and how it is diagnosed, practical help, cancer terms, and more.

Latest Cancer News
HPV infection rates similar in men and women

October 10, 2008 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although men are at high risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, most last no more than a year, about the same time this sexually transmitted disease persists in women, researchers report in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Cancer common after liver transplantation

October 10, 2008 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who undergo liver transplantation, particularly children, are at increased risk for developing cancer, Finnish researchers report in the journal Liver Transplantation.

Lung cancer in non-smokers a separate disease

October 10, 2008 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Japanese investigators say that survival rates are better for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who never smoked than in NSCLC patients with a history of smoking. Other disease characteristics are different as well between the two populations.

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