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Radiation proctitis occurs from having radiation treatment for cancer in the pelvic area. It can cause rectal pain, bleeding, and problems with pooping (bowel movements).

After surgery for colorectal cancer, many people worry that cancer might come back. But research has shown that having chemotherapy after surgery, sometimes along with radiation therapy, may reduce the risk of cancer returning in some people. This is called adjuvant therapy.

You may have questions and concerns about your treatment choices. You may also want to know how you'll feel and function during and after treatment, and if you'll have to change your normal activities.

Targeted therapy is a treatment that uses medicines to kill cancer cells or slow their growth. These medicines target certain parts of some cancer cells.

Gallbladder cancer is when cancer starts in cells that make up the gallbladder. It's not a common cancer.

A risk factor is anything that may increase your chance of having a disease. Learn about the risk factors for ovarian cancer.

Learn what you need to know when you're newly diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Ovarian cancer often doesn't cause any symptoms until after it has spread outside the ovary. Learn what symptoms it can cause.

The stage of a cancer is how much and how far the cancer has spread in your body. Learn about the stages of ovarian cancer.