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Breast cancer treatment commonly includes various combinations of surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy. Prognosis and selection of therapy is influenced by clinical and pathology features. Get detailed information about breast cancer in this summary for clinicians.

Endometrial cancer screening by ultrasonography or tissue sampling is not supported by current evidence, but most cases are diagnosed at early stage. Get detailed information about potential harms of endometrial cancer screening in this summary for clinicians.

Lung cancer prevention strategies include quitting or avoiding exposure to smoking, occupational carcinogens, and radon. Get detailed information about risk factors and lung cancer prevention in this summary for clinicians.

Prostate cancer prevention strategies include avoiding risk factors, increasing protective factors, and considering chemoprevention when appropriate. Get detailed information about factors that influence the risk of prostate cancer and research aimed at preventing it in this clinician summary.

Retinoblastoma treatment is tailored and uses treatment options including enucleation, local treatments, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Get detailed treatment information for newly diagnosed and recurrent retinoblastoma in this summary for clinicians.

714-X is not approved for use in the United States. No study of 714-X has been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal to show it is safe or effective in treating cancer.

Cannabis has been used medicinally for millennia, but has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat any medical condition. Cannabinoids are the components in cannabis; some are commercially available to treat symptoms. Get detailed information in this clinician summary.

PC-SPES has undergone considerable research looking at the anticancer properties, but results are inconclusive due contamination of PC-SPES. PC-SPES is not legally available in the United States. Get detailed information about PC-SPES in this clinician summary.

We share more than food and culture within our homes and communities. We can also spread disease. Luckily, we live in a time when vaccines can protect us from many of the most serious illnesses.

Find out what vitamin A is and what it does in your body, what foods provide it, and about vitamin A supplements.