Prostate Cancer: Tests After Diagnosis
After a diagnosis of prostate cancer, you will likely have other tests. These tests help your healthcare providers learn more about your cancer and decide how best to treat it. Here's what you need to know.
After a diagnosis of prostate cancer, you will likely have other tests. These tests help your healthcare providers learn more about your cancer and decide how best to treat it. Here's what you need to know.
Once your healthcare provider knows you have cancer, the next step is to find out the grade and stage of the cancer.
Targeted therapy is a type of cancer treatment. It uses medicines made to focus on parts of cancer cells that make them different from normal, healthy cells. these medicines attack cancer cells but cause less damage to normal cells.
Immunotherapy is a treatment that use medicines to kill cancer cells or slow their growth. It’s not the same as chemotherapy (chemo).
Being told you have kidney cancer can be scary, and you may have many questions. But you have people on your healthcare team to help.
Getting a cancer diagnosis is confusing and stressful. Here are some helpful questions to ask your healthcare provider.
Hormone therapy is a type of cancer treatment that changes the levels or blocks the actions of certain hormones in your body. This can help to control endometrial cancer.
A stem cell transplant uses stem cells to replace bone marrow that contains cancer. Learn more.
Immunotherapy is a type of treatment that affects your body's immune system. It's used to treat cancer. Immunotherapy medicines can work in a number of different ways.
Oral cancer is often found during routine dental or medical exams. Your healthcare provider may check for signs of oral cancer during your regular exams. And you may need certain tests and exams to make a diagnosis.