Anal cancer is a fairly rare type of cancer that develops in the anus and anal canal. About 8,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with anal cancer each year.
If detected early, anal cancer can be treated successfully. Unfortunately, there are a lot of myths regarding anal cancer. We spoke with gastrointestinal radiation oncologist Emma Holliday, M.D., who debunked three of the most common myths she hears about anal cancer.  ...
Kathleen Schmeler, M.D., has been focused on bringing high-quality cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment programs to women in underserved...
Much like adenocarcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas can develop in many locations, including the skin, lungs and cervix.
Unlike...
Like many women diagnosed with cervical cancer, Linda Ryan didn’t initially have any symptoms. So, she didn’t know she had the disease until a routine Pap test came back abnormal after a well-woman exam in 2004.
Unlike many women, though, Linda has also had six separate recurrences. And, no two back-to-back cervical cancer recurrences were caught in precisely the same way.
With the first and third, Linda noticed swollen...
About 10,000 people are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year. The vast majority of cases are due to the human papillomavirus (HPV).
By the time I was diagnosed with HPV-related throat cancer in the summer of 2014, I’d been working as a senior systems analyst at MD Anderson...
Most people who are diagnosed with throat cancer won’t see anything unusual if they look in the mirror, open their mouths and say, “Ahhhh....
It may feel a little awkward to talk about anal cancer.
“It’s an area of the body that people don't talk about too often,” says Cullen...
Home HPV tests are marketed as a convenient, accurate and discreet way to find out if you have human papillomavirus, a common infection that...
As director of MD Anderson’s Oral Cancer Prevention Clinic, I see many patients each year with both oral cancers and pre-cancerous conditions...