“I found a lump in my breast.” We hear this line most often concerning breast cancer detection, but breast
cancer can exhibit other signs, too. Some may be due to benign causes, but see your doctor if these signs persist or worsen:

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Prostate cancers tend to grow slowly. Some tumors never become a problem, but this is not always the case. One monitoring tool is a blood test for
prostate-specific antigen, or PSA.
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Care for cancer patients extends well beyond the oncology team. This is why oncology navigation deals with every aspect of a cancer survivor’s health care, which can include one’s primary care physician and any specialists treating other medical conditions. Cancer treatment affects not only cancer survivors and their loved ones. It affects their entire healthcare team.

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T he Radiation treatment can sound intimidating if you don’t know what to expect. External beam radiation, the most common type used in cancer treatment, takes just a few minutes per session. During that time, a machine called a linear accelerator aims a beam of high-energy X-rays at cancer tumors. The beam damages the DNA of cancer cells, killing them while leaving healthy tissues intact.

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The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship says you are a cancer survivor from your day of diagnosis through the rest of your life.
Not everyone identifies personally with the term “survivor,” but the concept of survivorship is far-ranging and inclusive.
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