Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Symptoms

Soft tissue sarcoma often doesn't cause symptoms in its early stages. In fact, symptoms of soft tissue sarcoma may not show up until the cancer has grown for some time. Learn what symptoms to watch for.

Kidney Cancer: Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy uses anticancer medicines to kill cancer cells. Here's what you need to know about chemotherapy for kidney cancer.

Kidney Cancer: Grade and Stage

Once your healthcare provider knows you have cancer, the next step is to find out the grade and stage of the cancer. Stage is a way to note the size of the tumor, and if it has spread. Grade is a way to note how abnormal the cancer cells look under a microscope.

Kidney Cancer: Symptoms

Kidney cancer often causes no symptoms in its early stages. Here are some of the symptoms you can expect as the cancer grows.

Kidney Cancer: Risk Factors

These things may raise your risk for kidney cancer: advancing age, smoking, and contact with certain chemicals.

Oral Cancer- Stages

The stage of a cancer is how much and how far the cancer has spread in your body. The stage of a cancer is one of the most important things to know when deciding how to treat the cancer.

Oral Cancer: Prevention

Tobacco and alcohol use, sun exposure, and other factors can increase your risk for oral cancer.

Melanoma: Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is sometimes used to treat advanced melanomas. But it isn't used as often as it was in the past.

Melanoma: Stages

Healthcare providers use different systems to measure the thickness of a melanoma and to stage the disease. These systems summarize the extent of your cancer.