Patients open up about living with cancer.

Doctor shares tips on what to expect after a cancer diagnosis

Skin cancer is the most common of all cancer types, accounting for an estimated one third of all new cases. It’s important to take the right steps to ensure proper protection and adopt good sun care habits no matter what your age or stage in life.

Paget's disease of the breast (also known as Paget's disease of the nipple ) is a malignant condition that outwardly may have the appearance of eczema, with skin changes involving the nipple of the breast.
The condition occurs when Paget's cells, which are large and irregular, form in the skin of the nipple. Although Paget believed the cells were not cancerous, it was later proved that the cells were themselves malignant, in addition to indicating underlying breast cancer. Since the condition is often innocuous and limited to a surface appearance, it is sometimes dismissed, despite the fact that it is indicative of a condition (breast cancer) that may prove fatal if left untreated.

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center provides a basic education on cancer.

Combined Complete Total Gastrectomy with Left Hemipancreatectomy, Splenectomy, Resection of Mesocolon, D3-Lymphadenectomy for Local Advanced Gastric Cancer with Stage IV (T4N2M0).

An excerpt from the award-winning documentary “Exposure: Environmental Links to Breast Cancer” about the effects of radiation. Featuring Olivia Newton-John, Dr. Rosalie Bertell and Dr. Susan Love.

There is no sure way for women to avoid their most common type of cancer. But when breast cancer is found early, the survival chances are the greatest. Here is October’s survivor story:
It has been 25 years since a woman very dear to us here at CBS 11 News found out she was a living cliché. Following in her birth mother’s footsteps, she discovered breast cancer on her own. Today she’s alive, urging every woman she can reach to do a self-check.

We here at CBS 11 News have come to know Juneil Jones-Flemming’s soft, warm greeting.
Some of you may have too

The Spirotome belongs to the Direct & Frontal type of biopsy systems for taking large core biopsy from virtually every soft tissue in the body. The FDA has approved 13 applications. This video shows how easy it is to take a large core from a thoracic wall tumor mass. The size and quality of the sample allows quantitative molecular biology.

Colon cancer usually begins as a non-cancerous growth. If caught early enough, it can be safely removed with little to no complications.

Source ABC7, 24 November 2009 An initial single-arm Phase II trial (ACT II) has reported promising preliminary data in 23 patients who received CDX-110 vaccine. Median time to disease progression was 16.6 months and estimated median overall survival was 33.1 months. This compared favorably with data for a historical control group in which median time to progression was 6.4 months and median overall survival was 15.2 months. The study was sponsored by Celldex Therapeutics Inc. of Phillipsburg, NJ

Doctors at Detroit Medical Center are treating prostate cancer with cryoablation, an innovative procedure that freezes cancer cells and preserves surrounding tissue. Patients usually return home the same day as the treatment. ~ Detroit Medical Center

"Targeted" radiation therapy goes right to the problem, not throughout your system. Moreover, discomfort is minimal. ~ Detroit Medical Center

Adenocarcinoma of the Transverse Colon taken by Dr. Julio Murra Saca This is the case of a 42 year-old male, with no significant past medical history presented with abdominal pain and no weight loss was reported. Adenocarcinoma of the colon is a primary cause of mortality and
morbidity in North America and Western Europe. Colonic cancers are the most common GI carcinomas and have the best prognosis. The 5-year survival rate is approximately 50%.
Survival rates may be improved by screening and removal of adenomatous polyps. Almost all colonic cancers are primary adenocarcinomas.

Radiation treatment of the eye may be an alternative to standard treatment for certains cancers of the eye.

Types of breast cancer. The different types of breast cancer carry with them different prognosis and different treatment options

Using a common laser for treatment of eye cancer may benefit some patients by preserving site.

Prostate Cancer spreads in 3 ways. First is spreads by local growth. Second it spreads through the lymphatic system, and lastly, it spreads through the blood stream. Dr. Patrick Swift, a radiation oncologist, discusses how prostate cancer spreads.

Breast Cancer spreads by 3 mechanisms- local spread, by lymph nodes, or through the blood. Dr. Lorraine Champion, and Dr. Lisa Bailey discuss how breast cancer spreads. They discuss the different methods of spread and how this will affect the treatment of breast cancer.

Brachytherapy or localized radiation treatment can be used in certain patients with breast cancer. Depending on tumor size and other factor, physicians may use APBI or accelerated partial breast irradiation. Dr. Elizabeth Tapen, a radiation oncologist, reviews brachytherapy for breast cancer.