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Your healthcare provider may suggest this treatment if the cancer has spread beyond your kidney or comes back after other treatment.

Targeted therapy is a form of treatment that uses medicines to “target” specific proteins that help cancer cells grow and spread. It doesn’t harm normal cells.

It’s difficult when a loved one is diagnosed with cancer. But you can play a vital role in helping them get through treatment, no matter where they are in their journey.

Having the right providers in place will keep you healthy and ready to tackle your future.

You may need to travel away from home to get the cancer care that’s best for you. So it might make sense to find a place to stay nearby while getting treatment. Here's a look at some housing assistance programs that help families like yours find a home away from home during treatment.

When your loved one has cancer, a time might come when it can no longer be controlled. In that case, your loved one will stop testing and treatment. The focus will turn to giving your loved one comfort and emotional support, and planning what comes next.

Chemotherapy can be an effective tool to treat cancer. But it can also cause side effects. Depending on how serious your side effects are, your provider might delay your chemo treatment for a short time. Read on to learn more.

For some people, cancer treatment can cause flu-like symptoms. Read on to learn more about this, and what you can do.

If your healthcare provider contacts you to say your Pap test results are abnormal, try not to panic. This just means there are cells on your cervix that don’t look like normal healthy cells.