The main treatments for tonsil cancer are surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. You might have a combination of these or one treatment on its own. The tonsils are part of the oropharynx. Treatment ...
Epithelial ovarian cancer is the most common type of ovarian cancer. About 90 out of 100 tumours of the ovary (90%) are epithelial. Epithelial ovarian cancer starts in the surface layer covering the ...
Gerson therapy involves a specific organic vegetarian diet with nutritional supplements and enemas. There is no scientific evidence to use it as a treatment for cancer. A German doctor called Max ...
Radiotherapy for advanced melanoma aims to relieve symptoms and improve a person’s quality of life. Where the cancer has spread to is called a metastasis or secondary cancer. If there are a small ...
The stage of a cancer tells you how big it is and if it has spread. The tests and scans you have to diagnose your cancer will give some information about the stage. But your doctor might not be able ...
Large bowel and rectal neuroendocrine cancers are also called colorectal neuroendocrine cancers. They are cancers that start in the neuroendocrine cells of the large bowel (colon) or back passage ...
The treatment you have depends on what type of neuroendocrine cancer you have. And it depends on where it is, its size and whether it has spread (the stage). These cancers grow at different rates. For ...
Lung neuroendocrine cancers develop in the neuroendocrine cells of the lung. You might also hear them called lung neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs). This means the same as neuroendocrine cancer. There ...
Primary bone cancer is very rare. It is much more likely that some other problem is causing your symptoms. But it's important to get any symptoms checked out by your GP. Cancer can also spread to your ...
Melanoma is a type of cancer that starts in cells called melanocytes. These are found in the skin, the layer of tissue lining some parts of your body (mucous membrane) and the eye. This section is ...
Neuroendocrine cancers are a group of cancers that start in the neuroendocrine system. Doctors might also call them neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs). But the terms mean the same thing. There are 2 key ...
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