Colon cancer treatment is personalized based on stage, overall health and tumor characteristics. Early detection and accurate staging help guide therapy and improve outcomes. Staying informed and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Large cell carcinoma is aggressive, requiring early detection through imaging and biopsy for optimal treatment outcomes.

I was living a normal 29-year-old life. I thought my symptoms were no big deal, until they started happening more ...

When he suddenly struggled to walk up the stairs of his Manhattan home, he never imagined it would be cancer.Start the day ...

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 ...

A new report from the American Cancer Association predicts lung cancer will cause more deaths than any other in 2026.

Thanks to recent therapy advances, the lung cancer mortality rate has declined and survival rates have improved. Many factors influence the likelihood of a lung cancer cure or long-term survival, ...