What are the early signs of lung cancer? Six early signs of lung cancer include A new cough that persists for several weeks and goes on worsening, persistent shortness of breath, chest pain, and more. Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States. It may not show its signs and symptoms …
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What is Lenvima, and how does it work? Lenvima is a prescription medicine that is used to treat certain kinds of cancer. Lenvima is used by itself to treat differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), a type of thyroid cancer that can no longer be treated with radioactive iodine and is progressing. Lenvima is used along with another medicine called everolimus to …
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What is Lynparza, and how does it work? Lynparza is a prescription medicine used to treat adults who have: advanced ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or primary peritoneal cancer with a certain type of inherited (germline) or acquired (somatic) abnormal BRCA gene. Lynparza is used alone as maintenance treatment after the cancer has responded to your first treatment with platinum-based …
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What is Erbitux, and how does it work? Erbitux (cetuximab), in combination with radiation therapy, is a monoclonal antibody indicated for the initial treatment of locally or regionally advanced head and neck cancer of a specific type (squamous cell carcinoma). Used alone, Erbitux is also approved to treat patients with head and neck cancers that have returned in the same …
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What is Libtayo, and how does it work? Libtayo is a prescription medicine used to treat people with a type of skin cancer called cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) that has spread or cannot be cured by surgery or radiation. It is not known if Libtayo is safe and effective in children. What are the side effects of Libtayo? The …
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What is Imfinzi, and how does it work? Imfinzi (durvalumab) is a programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) blocking antibody indicated for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who have disease progression during or following platinum-containing chemotherapy; or who have disease progression within 12 months of neoadjuvant or adjuvant treatment with platinum-containing chemotherapy. It is also used …
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What is Bavencio, and how does it work? Bavencio is a prescription medicine used to treat: a type of skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) in adults and children 12 years of age and older. Bavencio may be used when your skin cancer has spread. a type of cancer in the bladder or urinary tract called urothelial carcinoma (UC). …
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What is multiple myeloma? There are 4 stages. Myeloma that doesn’t present with active symptoms is called the “smoldering stage.” It may be undetectable in the blood in this stage. Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells. The plasma cells are a type of white blood cell present in the bone marrow. Plasma cells are part of the …
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What is a mastectomy? There are different types of mastectomies. Mastectomy is the removal of one or both breasts. You may need a mastectomy for the following reasons Breast cancer: Mastectomy is one of the mainstays of treatment for breast cancer. Preventive breast cancer: Women who have a higher risk of breast cancer due to changes in their genes (unit …
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Sentinel node biopsy involves injecting a dye, called tracer material, which helps the surgeon locate the sentinel nodes. Sentinel node biopsy is a surgical procedure performed to determine if cancer has spread from the site of the primary tumor to the lymphatic system. It is mostly used in evaluating breast cancer, thyroid cancer, melanoma, and several other cancers. The sentinel …
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