Side Effects

Introduction

Every person's experience with cancer treatment side effects is different -- from not having any side effects to experiencing mild to severe ones. Fortunately, today there are effective ways to treat and minimize most side effects.

Knowing about potential side effects can help you avoid discomfort and treatment delays. Choose from the links in the column to the right for information about side effects and good ways to prevent or manage them.

 

Latest Cancer News

  • May 9, 2008
    Stem Cell Transplant Procedures Vary Throughout the World
    Stem cell transplant practices vary substantially among physicians treating adults and children with hematologic malignancies (cancers of the blood or bone marrow such as leukemias and lymphomas).  These findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
  • May 9, 2008
    Genetic Variation Associated with Risk of Neuroblastoma
    Individuals with a common genetic variation (change in DNA) on the chromosome band 6p22 have a significantly increased risk of developing neuroblastoma, as well as an increased risk for disease relapse and advanced disease. These results were recently published in an early online article in the New England Journal of Medicine.
  • May 9, 2008
    Colon Cancer Outcomes Differ Between Men and Women
    Variations within the gene responsible for epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR) may be predictive of differing outcomes between male and female patients diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer. Details of the study have recently been published in the Journal of Cancer Research.
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