Understanding Cancer

Answers to Your Questions about Lung Cancer

What does a lung cancer diagnosis mean for you?

Special factors you should consider when making treatment decisions.

Some tips from people who've been there.

FAQS from cancer survivors and their partners.

A special report from the National Cancer Institute.

The latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.

A closer look at the effects of cancer and cancer treatment on cognitive function.

Over the past year, major research advances have provided new treatment options for people with rare, difficult-to-treat cancers.

A diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer can evoke many difficult emotions, including shock, anger, and sadness.

In general, people prescribed this combination were less likely to experience serious side effects.

Controlling pain is an important part of your cancer treatment plan.

How to care for your psychological health after being diagnosed with lung cancer.

Speech and swallowing dysfunction are frequent after-effects of head and neck cancer and its treatment.

Each summer, for nearly a quarter-century, Coping® has asked the NCI Director to write an article for the magazine.

The experience of being diagnosed with endometrial cancer and undergoing cancer treatment will affect your life in many ways.