Polycythemia vera (PV) is a blood cancer that begins in the marrow of your bones, the soft center where new blood cells grow. It causes your marrow to make too many red blood cells so your blood ...

Throat cancer is any cancerous tumor that grows in either your throat or voice box. Your throat (pharynx) is a muscular tube that starts behind your nose and ends in your neck. Your voice box ...

But when your breast cancer is described as HER2-positive, it means the cancer cells have more HER2 protein than usual. Since this protein can make cancer cells grow more quickly, it’s natural ...

A diagnosis of HER2-positive breast cancer can be frightening at first, especially when you hear the words “aggressive cancer.” But there’s reason to be optimistic about today’s advances ...

When multiple myeloma, a cancer that affects a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell, stops responding to treatment, it’s called refractory multiple myeloma. Sometimes treatment works at ...

While newer ones have come along in recent years, many surgeons still rely on this procedure to treat skin cancer. (Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images) Doctors consider Mohs surgery the best treatment ...

The test is done during or after your diagnosis. Certain mutations can be "drivers" of your lung cancer. That means they’re the main cause of your cancer growth and cell division. Epidermal ...

The single women in WebMD's breast cancer community have handled this delicate task in very different ways. When a man asked one woman out for pizza, she said matter-of-factly, "I can't go out Friday.

If you have non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), your cancer might carry certain changes, or mutations, in your EGFR gene. Those changes make the protein made from this gene act in ways it shouldn’t.

If you or a loved one has lung cancer, you may be interested in learning more about medicines used to treat it. One option is an immunotherapy medicine called Imfinzi (durvalumab). Immunotherapy ...

Chordoma is a kind of cancer that grows in the bones of your skull and spine. It's very rare. Only 1 out of every 1 million people gets it. About 300 people are diagnosed with chordoma in the ...

An early-stage HER2-positive (HER2+) breast cancer is always a shock, but today’s treatment options should give you hope. Over the past 2 decades, advances in medicine have brought us new ...