Penile Cancer: Risk Factors
Learn about the risk factors for penile cancer and how you can reduce your risk.
Learn about the risk factors for penile cancer and how you can reduce your risk.
Cancer that starts in cells in the penis is called penile cancer. Penile cancer is rare in the U.S.
Chemotherapy (or chemo) uses strong medicines to kill cancer cells.
Radiation therapy is also called radiotherapy. Its goal is to kill or shrink cancer cells.
Surgery is often the first choice to treat bile duct cancer. The goal is to remove all of the cancer.
The stage of a cancer is how much and how far the cancer has spread in your body. Your doctor uses exams and tests to find out the size of the cancer and where it is.
Your health care team will include several specialists. They will answer any questions you may have.
A person with bile duct cancer may have just 1 or several symptoms. It depends on where the cancer is growing. Read on to learn more.
Having certain bile duct or liver diseases can make it more likely for you to develop bile duct cancer.
Cancer starts when cells in the body change (mutate) and grow out of control. To help understand what happens when you have cancer, it helps to look at how your body normally works.