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… Laser Surgery for Skin Cancer On this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Why It … This high-intensity light is used to shrink or destroy skin cancers or precancers (actinic keratosis). With lasers, there is usually …
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… Mohs Surgery for Skin Cancer On this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Why It … Surgery Overview Mohs surgery removes a skin cancer one layer at a time. The doctor checks each layer for cancer cells until no more cancer is found. This method lets …
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… Breast Cancer: Should I Have Chemotherapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer? Decision Point You may want to have a say in this … are so that you can talk to your doctor about them. Breast Cancer: Should I Have Chemotherapy for Early-Stage Breast …
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… Prostate Cancer: Should I Have Radiation or Surgery for Localized Prostate Cancer? Decision Point You may want to have a say in this … so that you can talk to your doctor about them. Prostate Cancer: Should I Have Radiation or Surgery for Localized …
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… Cancer Support: When Your Cancer Comes Back or Gets Worse On this page: Overview Overview When cancer comes back or spreads, you may find yourself looking …
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… Obesity: Should I Use a Diet Plan to Lose Weight? Decision Point You may want to … can talk to your doctor about them. Obesity: Should I Use a Diet Plan to Lose Weight? 1 Get the Facts 2 Compare Options … Yourself 6 Your Summary Get the facts Your options Use a diet plan to help you lose weight. Get to a healthy weight …
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… Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer On this page: Treatment Overview What To Expect Why … therapy uses radiation, such as X-rays, to destroy cancer cells. The radiation damages the genetic material of … they can't grow. Radiation damages normal cells as well as cancer cells. But the normal cells can repair themselves and …
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… Skin Cancer, Non-Melanoma On this page: Overview Overview Non-melanoma skin cancer is the most common type of skin cancer. Skin cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the …
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… Lung Surgery for Lung Cancer On this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Why It … Surgery Overview The goal of surgery for lung cancer is to remove all of the cancer and a border of normal tissue (margin) around it. The …
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… Colorectal Cancer Genetic Testing On this page: Overview What the … Genetic Counselling Overview Colorectal cancer genetic testing can tell you if you carry rare changed, or mutated, genes that can cause colorectal cancer. Although most people who get colorectal cancer do …
