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Prostate cancer screening with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test or digital rectal exams has not been shown to reduce prostate cancer deaths. Get detailed information about prostate cancer screening, including potential benefits and harms, in this summary for clinicians.

For stomach (gastric) cancer, there is no standard or routine screening test for the general U.S. population. Review the evidence on the benefits and harms of screening for gastric cancer using barium-meal photofluorography, gastric endoscopy, or serum pepsinogen in this expert-reviewed summary.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) prevention strategies include avoiding known risk factors, adopting a healthy lifestyle, polyp removal, and aspirin. Get detailed information about risk factors for CRC and potential interventions for prevention in this summary for clinicians.

Cancer prevention involves avoiding carcinogens, pursuing certain lifestyle practices, chemoprevention, risk-reducing surgery, and screening. Learn more about cancer prevention concepts and interventions in this overview for clinicians.

Primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma treatment options include radiation, chemotherapy, and corticosteroids. Get detailed information about the treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent primary CNS lymphoma cancer in this clinician summary.

Cigarette smoking: Health Risks and How to Quit explains how smoking avoidance and cessation result in decreased incidence and mortality from cancer. Quit counseling and physician advice improve cessation rates. Get detailed information about smoking risks and quitting in this clinician summary.

Mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome are neoplasias of malignant T lymphocytes that affect the skin. Learn about the clinical presentation, prognosis, staging, and treatment for mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome in this expert-reviewed summary.

Genetics of Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Neoplasias discusses inherited syndromes multiple endocrine neoplasia types 1, 2, and 4 (MEN1, MEN2, MEN4), familial pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma, Carney-Stratakis syndrome, and familial nonmedullary thyroid cancer. Learn more in this clinician summary.

Vaginal cancer treatment options include a variety of surgical procedures, topical chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and combination radiation therapy. Get detailed treatment information for newly diagnosed and recurrent vaginal cancer in this summary for clinicians.

Penile cancer treatment options include surgery and radiation therapy depending upon tumor size, location, invasiveness, and stage. Get detailed information about the treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent penile cancer in this summary for clinicians.