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Leukemia

Leukemia is a blood cancer caused by a rise in the number of white blood cells in your body. These leukemia cells can’t fight infection the way nor...

Bone Marrow Transplants

A bone marrow transplant is a procedure to replace damaged or diseased bone marrow, a spongy material inside your bones where your body makes and s...

Types of Blood Disorders

Injections of a synthetic hormone, epoetin alfa (Epogen or Procrit), to stimulate the production of blood cells or blood transfusions may be necess...

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type of blood cancer. With acute types of leukemia such as AML, bone marrow cells don't grow the way they're supp...

Chemotherapy: How it Works and How You'll Feel

Once a cycle has been planned out, it’s better not to skip a treatment, but your doctor may suggest it if side effects are serious. Tell your docto...

Bone Cancer

They can tell if your tumor is benign or a primary or secondary cancer. They may take out benign tumors that are more likely to spread or become ca...

Cancer Center

What is a CT Scan?

A computed tomography (CT or CAT) scan allows doctors to see inside your body. The computer stacks these scans one on top of the other to create a ...

What to Expect from Radiation Therapy

Radiation therapy treats cancer by using high-energy waves to kill tumor cells. There are two kinds of radiation side effects: early and late. The ...

Wilms Tumor

A Wilms tumor (also called a nephroblastoma) is the most common kidney cancer in children. If your child has a Wilms tumor, their kidney cells didn...

Vulvar Cancer

Vulvar cancer is when cancerous cells grow out of control on or in the vulva, the outer part of a woman’s genitals. This is also called Bartholin g...

Vaginal Cancer

Vaginal cancer happens when cancerous cells grow in your vagina. Nearly half of all new cases are in women ages 60 and up. Even more rarely, vagina...