Cancer - December 2017 Archives

Prostate cancer: Does PSA level affect prognosis?  Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a protein made by prostate tissue. Men with prostate cancer often have elevated PSA ...

When she found out her breast cancer had come back, Luciana Farfalli, M.D., faced an uncertain future. But care at Mayo Clinic put the cancer in remission and allowed her to turn her attention back to the family she adores.

Throat cancer  Throat cancer refers to cancerous tumors that develop in your throat (pharynx), voice box (larynx) or tonsils. Signs and symptoms of throat cancer ...

Seven-year-old Josiah Schroeder would have loved to watch his school's football team win the state championship in person, but since cancer had prevented that, the ...

Diagnosed with melanoma, Mark Schoonover's skilled surgical team at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire used a precise technique called Mohs surgery to remove all the cancer while sparing as much healthy tissue as possible.

Vaginal cancer  Vaginal cancer most commonly occurs in the cells that line the surface of the vagina. While several types of cancer can spread to ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother has cancer that’s spread to her bones. She’s in significant pain but afraid to take an opioid medication, because she ...

ATLANTA – An observational study by researchers at Mayo Clinic has found that increasing physical activity not only decreased the risk of death from ...

ATLANTA – A study by researchers at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Jacksonville, Florida has found that barriers to patients receiving stem cell therapy as ...

When she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Marianne Huebner feared her days of competitive weightlifting were over. Her care team at Mayo Clinic had other ideas.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 52 and had recently gone 10 months without a period, so I had assumed I was postmenopausal. But, over the ...

Whipple procedure: An overview  A Whipple procedure, also known as a pancreaticoduodenectomy, is a complex operation to remove the head of the pancreas, the first ...