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What are the latest treatments for cancer? Should you take part in a clinical trial? What cancer screening tests should you be getting, and how often? What can you do to reduce the side effects of cancer and cancer therapy? Our consumer-focused feature articles address these questions and many others. These articles are written by medical professionals including physicians, nurses, and dietitians, and are reviewed by our expert medical review board.

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Populations | Treatments | Support | Browse Alphabetically | Prevention

Populations

Children/adolescents
Men
Older adults
Women

Children/adolescents

  • Childhood cancers: long-term effects of treatment
  • Testicular cancer: curing the most common young men's cancer
  • How childhood cancers differ from adult cancers
  • Can your child benefit from counseling
  • Practical prevention: testicular cancer strikes young
  • Testicular self exam
  • Telling your kids about your terminal illness
  • Your health may be "all in the family"

Men

  • Tips for coping with mouth, gum, and throat problems related to radiation therapy
  • Palliative care for cancer
  • Restoring sexual function after prostate surgery
  • Men's health matters
  • Don't be afraid of colorectal cancer screening
  • Testicular cancer: curing the most common young men's cancer
  • Fighting prostate cancer: eat your way to victory
  • Practical prevention: testicular cancer strikes young
  • Testicular self exam
  • Health screening for men: when you should go to the doctor and why
  • Your health may be "all in the family"
  • Conditions men get too

Older adults

  • Life After Cancer
  • Don't be afraid of colorectal cancer screening
  • Antioxidants: antidote to aging?
  • Fighting prostate cancer: eat your way to victory
  • Smoking cessation for older adults: it's not too late!
  • Keeping skin cancer at bay

Women

  • True or false: Hair dye causes cancer
  • Hormone replacement therapy: a look at the options
  • Fibrocystic breast changes: lumps that are normal
  • Cancer treatment and fertility in women
  • MammoSite®: A new internal radiation device for breast cancer treatment
  • Alcohol and breast cancer
  • Don't be afraid of colorectal cancer screening
  • Cancer tests that can save your life
  • Hormone replacement therapy
  • Faslodex - a new option for breast cancer treatment
  • Health screenings for women
  • Reclaiming sexuality after gynecologic cancer
  • There is sex after breast cancer
  • Sex after hysterectomy: never better
  • When your best friend has breast cancer
  • Your health may be "all in the family"
  • Herceptin - a new hope for women with advanced breast cancer

Treatments


Coping with the side effects of cancer treatment
Treatment options

Coping with the side effects of cancer treatment

  • Coping with fatigue from chemotherapy
  • Childhood cancers: long-term effects of treatment
  • Managing side effects of cancer and cancer treatment
  • Coping with blood clotting problems related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with constipation related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with diarrhea related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with hair loss from chemotherapy
  • Coping with kidney and bladder changes due to chemotherapy
  • Coping with mouth, gum, and throat problems related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy
  • Coping with nerve and muscle effects related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with pain related to cancer and chemotherapy
  • Coping with radiation recall dermatitis
  • Coping with sexual problems related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with skin and hair problems related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with the side effects of chemotherapy

Treatment options

  • Biologic therapies
  • Bone marrow transplantation
  • Chemotherapy
  • Hormonal therapy
  • Radiation therapy
  • Surgery and other procedures
  • Testicular cancer: curing the most common young men's cancer
  • Faslodex - a new option for breast cancer treatment
  • Laetrile: is it really the pits?
  • Should you take part in a clinical trial?
  • Herceptin - a new hope for women with advanced breast cancer

Support

Coping with the side effects of cancer treatment
Living with cancer
Support groups

Coping with the side effects of cancer treatment

  • Tips for coping with mouth, gum, and throat problems related to radiation therapy
  • Palliative care for cancer
  • Restoring sexual function after prostate surgery
  • Coping with fatigue from chemotherapy
  • When your best friend has breast cancer
  • Caregiver stress: the impact of chronic disease on the family
  • Sperm banking: fertility options for men undergoing cancer treatment
  • Eating well while receiving chemotherapy
  • Childhood cancers: long-term effects of treatment
  • Managing side effects of cancer and cancer treatment
  • Coping with blood clotting problems related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with constipation related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with diarrhea related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with hair loss from chemotherapy
  • Coping with kidney and bladder changes due to chemotherapy
  • Coping with mouth, gum, and throat problems related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy
  • Coping with nerve and muscle effects related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with pain related to cancer and chemotherapy
  • Coping with radiation recall dermatitis
  • Coping with sexual problems related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with skin and hair problems related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with the side effects of chemotherapy

Living with cancer

  • Living with Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • Living with bladder cancer
  • Living with brain tumor
  • Living with breast cancer
  • Living with cervical cancer
  • Living with colon cancer
  • Living with kidney cancer
  • Living with leukemia
  • Living with lung cancer
  • Living with melanoma
  • Living with multiple myeloma
  • Living with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • Living with ovarian cancer
  • Living with prostate cancer
  • Living with testicular cancer
  • Living with thyroid cancer
  • Living with uterine cancer

Support groups

  • Support groups: how do they help?

Browse Alphabetically

  • Alcohol and breast cancer
  • Antioxidants: antidote to aging?
  • Biologic therapies
  • Bone marrow transplantation
  • Can your child benefit from counseling
  • Cancer tests that can save your life
  • Cancer treatment and fertility in women
  • Caregiver stress: the impact of chronic disease on the family
  • Chemotherapy
  • Childhood cancers: long-term effects of treatment
  • Conditions men get too
  • Coping with blood clotting problems related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with constipation related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with diarrhea related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with fatigue from chemotherapy
  • Coping with hair loss from chemotherapy
  • Coping with kidney and bladder changes due to chemotherapy
  • Coping with mouth, gum, and throat problems related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy
  • Coping with nerve and muscle effects related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with pain related to cancer and chemotherapy
  • Coping with radiation recall dermatitis
  • Coping with sexual problems related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with skin and hair problems related to chemotherapy
  • Coping with the side effects of chemotherapy
  • Don't be afraid of colorectal cancer screening
  • Eating well while receiving chemotherapy
  • Faslodex - a new option for breast cancer treatment
  • Fibrocystic breast changes: lumps that are normal
  • Fighting prostate cancer: eat your way to victory
  • Health screening for men: when you should go to the doctor and why
  • Health screenings for women
  • Herceptin - a new hope for women with advanced breast cancer
  • Hormonal therapy
  • Hormone replacement therapy: a look at the options
  • Hormone replacement therapy
  • How childhood cancers differ from adult cancers
  • Keeping skin cancer at bay
  • Laetrile: is it really the pits?
  • Life After Cancer
  • Living with bladder cancer
  • Living with brain tumor
  • Living with breast cancer
  • Living with cervical cancer
  • Living with colon cancer
  • Living with Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • Living with kidney cancer
  • Living with leukemia
  • Living with lung cancer
  • Living with melanoma
  • Living with multiple myeloma
  • Living with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • Living with ovarian cancer
  • Living with prostate cancer
  • Living with testicular cancer
  • Living with thyroid cancer
  • Living with uterine cancer
  • MammoSite®: A new internal radiation device for breast cancer treatment
  • Managing side effects of cancer and cancer treatment
  • Men's health matters
  • Palliative care for cancer
  • Practical prevention: testicular cancer strikes young
  • Radiation therapy
  • Reclaiming sexuality after gynecologic cancer
  • Restoring sexual function after prostate surgery
  • Sex after hysterectomy: never better
  • Should you take part in a clinical trial?
  • Smoking cessation for older adults: it's not too late!
  • Sperm banking: fertility options for men undergoing cancer treatment
  • Support groups: how do they help?
  • Surgery and other procedures
  • Telling your kids about your terminal illness
  • Testicular cancer: curing the most common young men's cancer
  • Testicular self exam
  • There is sex after breast cancer
  • Tips for coping with mouth, gum, and throat problems related to radiation therapy
  • True or false: Hair dye causes cancer
  • When your best friend has breast cancer
  • When your best friend has breast cancer
  • Your health may be "all in the family"

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