- What Is Cancer? - NCI
Explanations about what cancer is, how cancer cells differ from normal cells, and genetic changes that cause cancer to grow and spread
- About Cancer - NCI
Information from the National Cancer Institute about cancer treatment, prevention, screening, genetics, causes, and how to cope with cancer
- Fructose Sugar Fuels Cancer Growth Indirectly - NCI
A new study has found that some cancer cells indirectly use fructose to help them grow, relying on the liver to consume fructose and convert it into specific fats, which the cancer cells then take up
- Cancer Staging - NCI
Staging is the process of determining how much cancer is within the body (tumor size) and if it has spread Learn about the TNM Staging system and other ways that stage is described
- SEER Cancer Stat Facts
These summaries provide statistics for common cancer types The statistics include incidence, mortality, survival, stage, prevalence, and lifetime risk Links to additional resources are included Updated annually
- Why Is Early-Onset Cancer On the Rise? - NCI
There is some evidence that inherited cancer-related genetic changes, often called germline mutations, may bear some responsibility for the growing number of early-onset cancers, according to Zsofia Stadler, Ph D , of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)
- Types of Cancer Treatment - NCI
This page lists the different cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy and takes you to more information about each type
- Annual Report to the Nation: Cancer deaths continue to fall
Overall death rates from cancer fell among men and women from 2001 through 2022, according to the 2024 Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer
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