Colon cancer treatment is personalized based on stage, overall health and tumor characteristics. Early detection and accurate staging help guide therapy and improve outcomes. Staying informed and communicating openly with your oncology team can help you navigate your treatment journey, manage side effects and access supportive care services.

When he suddenly struggled to walk up the stairs of his Manhattan home, he never imagined it would be cancer.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. "It was a terrifying diagnosis,

The only potentially curative options for gastric cancer involve endoscopic or surgical resection, with adjunctive systemic therapy or chemoradiation as needed. Perioperative and postoperative care should ideally be guided by a multidisciplinary team including gastroenterologists, radiologists, and medical, radiation, and surgical oncologists.

The extent of the bladder cancer — how far it has spread — matters. Your care team needs to know if your cancer sits on or in the first lining of your bladder (non-muscle invasive), if it goes into the bladder muscle wall (muscle-invasive) or if it has ...

Oropharyngeal cancer is the most common type of throat cancer. After your diagnosis, you will learn the stage of the cancer. The stage lets you know how far, if at all, the cancer has spread from the place that it started. Doctors use the stage to help ...

Mariana Tata experienced a few subtle, common symptoms of colon cancer and got them checked out. She was diagnosed at stage 4.

Staging means finding out how far prostate cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group prostate cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being the most advanced. When your Fred Hutch Cancer Center ...

A new report from the American Cancer Association predicts lung cancer will cause more deaths than any other in 2026.

Shame can shape how early patients get diagnosed, and how aggressively they pursue treatment, if at all. In a 2014 study, Dr. Carter-Bawa found that lung cancer stigma was tied to patients waiting longer to seek care, regardless of smoking status or health care distrust.