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other parts of the body. This is called metastasis. Nonmelanoma is the most common type of skin cancer. It is successfully treated if found early. Read on to learn more.

Chemotherapy (chemo) uses strong medicines to kill fast-growing cancer cells. Learn how it's used to treat nonmelanoma skin cancer.

Losing someone you care deeply about can be traumatic, and grief is a natural emotional response to the loss. It’s a process that takes time to work through.

Consider this your cheat sheet for cancer treatment options. It’s a good starting point for understanding what might come next. But remember, just like in school or at your job, there’s never a silly question.

A helpful overview of lung cancer, including types of lung cancer, causes, how it spreads, and symptoms.

If lung cancer is detected early, when it’s small and hasn’t had the chance to spread, it is more likely to be treated successfully. But lung cancer can be hard to catch at an early stage. People with lung cancer often don’t show symptoms until it’s more advanced. Even then, it’s easy to attribute those symptoms to other causes.

A risk factor is anything that increases your chance of getting a disease. When it comes to cancer, risk factors can be what you eat, where you work, and who your parents are.

Immunotherapy may be used for esophageal cancer that can’t be treated with surgery, or cancer that comes back. It may be used on its own. Or it may be used along with other types of treatments.

Surgery is the most common treatment for vulvar cancer. The goal of surgery is to remove tumors or areas of cancer (cancerous lesions) from the vulva while trying to leave as much normal tissue as possible. Learn about the different types of surgery.