Understanding Breast Cancer. Cancer is a broad term for a class of diseases characterized by abnormal cells that grow and invade healthy cells ...

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Did you know that a person's age, lifestyle, environment, genetic makeup, and family history can increase the likelihood of developing ...

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Cancer is caused by changes to DNA. Most cancer-causing DNA changes occur in sections of DNA called genes. Genetic changes can be inherited, ...

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Many cancer deaths are caused when cancer moves from the original tumor and spreads to other tissues and organs. This is called metastatic ...

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What is cancer? Our experts answer this question, explain what causes cancer and share how cancer treatments work. See our updated video on ...

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... cancer cells for destruction by the body's immune system, or deliver harmful substances to cancer cells. https://cancer.gov/mab.

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Immunotherapy uses the body's immune system to fight cancer. This animation explains three types of immunotherapy used to treat cancer: ...

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A cancerous tumor is an abnormal mass of tissue that forms when cells grow and divide uncontrollably and spread into the surrounding area.

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Did you know that there were over 173000 people living with brain and other nervous system cancers in the United States in 2018?

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How does cancer affect people from different populations and groups? Cancer health disparities happen when there are higher rates of new ...

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WATCH: What is Cancer? In all types of cancer, some of the body's cells begin to divide without stopping and spread into surrounding ...

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It makes an excess number of copies of itself in a process known as “HER2 gene amplification.” Then these extra genes instruct the cells to make too many HER2 ...

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Stage 1 breast cancer is considered early-stage, localized cancer and is highly treatable and survivable. The five-year relative survival rate ...

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Did you know cancer survival rates can vary based on race, ethnicity, and even where you live, and that the survival rates for the most ...

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But no one knows the exact causes of breast cancer. Doctors seldom know why one woman develops breast cancer and another doesn't, and most women ...

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Cancer isn't one disease, but is different in every organ and every person. How does cancer form and why is it so complex?

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Videos that explain cancer statistics. Choose from topics including survival, statistics overview, survivorship, disparities, and specific cancer types ...

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Cancer is a common disease. In the United States, one in three women and one in two men will develop some type of cancer in their lifetime.

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Dr. Lori Wiener, Social Worker and Senior Scientist in the NCI Pediatric Oncology Branch, joined Dr. Audrey Thurm and Dr. Krystal Lewis, ...

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What Does It Mean To Have Stage 3 Breast Cancer? Stage 3 cancer means the breast cancer has extended to beyond the immediate region of the tumor ...

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