More than 80 percent of children diagnosed with cancer are cured, and chemotherapy is an effective treatment for childhood cancer.
Chemotherapy uses drugs that kill cancer cells or stop them from multiplying. Learn more about this treatment.
Doctors may decide to interfere with hormone production in order to stop cancer from spreading, slow it down or decrease the odds it will come back.
Half of all people with cancer are treated with radiation therapy. It is effective for treating almost all types of cancer in almost any part of the body.
New drugs and medical treatments need to go through a series tests called clinical trials. This is how new and better treatments are made possible.
Breast cancer is a disease in which cells in the breast grow erratically and turn into cancer. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Whether for screenings, diagnosis, or treatment for yourself or someone you care about, Yale Cancer Center offers multidisciplinary care.
Fatigue is a common side effect of treatment for cancer. Learn more about symptoms and treatment.
Cancer treatments can cause a variety of short- and long-term physical side effects. Rehabilitation can treat the physical side effects of cancer treatment.
Yale Medicine doctors at our Survivorship Clinic give each patient a roadmap for their treatment and life after cancer.