Tumors are one of the most misunderstood diagnoses or conditions. While no one wants to be told they have one, many people don't realize that a tumor is nothing more than a clump of abnormal cells ...

Stomach cancer develops when cells in the stomach lining mutate and grow uncontrollably. Risk factors include infections, ...

Many factors can increase your risk of lung cancer. Some are controllable, like smoking, while others aren’t, like your medical history. Knowing the controllable risk factors might help you reduce ...

Throughout life, your body changes — and that includes your breasts. When you notice a difference in how your breasts feel, it’s not necessarily cause for alarm. Most breast lumps are harmless. And ...

Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors (pPNETs) are small embryonic carcinomas that develop in the soft tissue and bone, away from the central nervous system (CNS) and sympathetic nervous system ...

NEWORLEANS - Neurofibromatosis, or NF, is a set of three distinct genetic conditions that cause tumors to form all over the outside and the inside of the body. NF often causes blindness, deafness, ...

The ultimate cause of death from cancer may not be metastatic disease, as researchers have long surmised, but an infiltration ...

Chest wall tumors are benign or malignant growths that develop anywhere along your chest wall. Doctors use imaging tests and a biopsy to diagnose them. Surgery is often a needed treatment. Chest wall ...

Americans are iron deficient and at risk of anemia. You can combat iron deficiency with iron supplements and diet.