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Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeons provide expert, customized care to women with cervical cancer.

… At Memorial Sloan Kettering, our multidisciplinary team will devise a treatment strategy for you based on the stage of the cervical cancer, the size of the tumor, the surrounding tissues that may be affected, and whether the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. We also take into consideration

Learn about the warning signs of and treatment options for nodular melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin melanoma.

… Nodular melanoma is a type of skin cancer. It begins when the melanocytes in the skin grow out of control and form tumors. Melanocytes are the cells responsible for making melanin, the pigment that determines the color of the skin. Nodular melanoma is the second most common type of melanoma , accounting

Conozca las señales de advertencia y las opciones de tratamiento para el melanoma nodular, el tipo más agresivo de melanoma cutáneo.

… El melanoma nodular es un tipo de cáncer de piel. Comienza cuando los melanocitos de la piel crecen sin control y forman tumores. Los melanocitos son las células encargadas de producir melanina, el pigmento que determina el color de la piel. El melanoma nodular es el segundo tipo más común de melanoma

Adrenal cortical carcinomas are very rare, malignant tumors. Symptoms may include sweating, headaches, high blood pressure, and elevated heart rate.

… These malignant, or cancerous, tumors start in the outer layer of the adrenal gland (the adrenal cortex). Although very rare — only 5 to 10 percent of all adrenal tumors are malignant — they’re often aggressive and can cause many symptoms and discomforts. Symptoms of these tumors include: weight gain

Learn the symptoms of Wilms’ tumor and other kidney tumors in children and how these tumors are diagnosed at MSK Kids.

… What are the symptoms of a kidney tumor? Some kidney tumors don’t cause any symptoms. They can be found during a routine exam, when a child’s doctor feels a lump in the belly. When a tumor does cause symptoms, they may include abdominal pain, blood in the urine, and/or high blood pressure. If your child

Learn about active thymoma and thymic tumor clinical trials happening now at Memorial Sloan Kettering, where you may have access to treatments before they’re available elsewhere.

… Currently, Memorial Sloan Kettering offers the only clinical trial worldwide for people with an advanced but potentially operable thymoma. The trial is part of the effort by our Thymoma Working Group to establish diagnosis and treatment standards for these cancers as well as for thymic tumors and thymic

Read our screening guidelines for melanoma and discover how 3-D photography is improving our ability to detect this serious disease.

… What is My Risk for Melanoma? A risk factor is anything that increases your chance of getting a disease, such as cancer. Melanoma Risk Factors Learn about the risk factors for melanoma. Melanoma Screening for People With Symptoms or Risk Factors MSK melanoma experts recommend regular screening for people

Lea nuestras pautas de detección del melanoma y descubra cómo la fotografía en 3D está mejorando nuestra capacidad para detectar esta grave enfermedad.

… What is My Risk for Melanoma? A risk factor is anything that increases your chance of getting a disease, such as cancer. Melanoma Risk Factors Learn about the risk factors for melanoma. Melanoma Screening for People With Symptoms or Risk Factors MSK melanoma experts recommend regular screening for people

The best treatment for your child's germ cell or sex cord stromal tumor depends on a few things, such as the tumor type, grade, and stage.

… The best treatment for your child’s germ cell tumor (GCT) or sex cord stromal tumor depends on a few things. We look at the tumor type and its grade (how the cells appear). We also look at tumor stage. Staging is part of the diagnosis process. It tells you whether a tumor has spread to lymph nodes or

Use our online nomogram to calculate the risk of cancer recurrence following surgery for renal cell carcinoma. Results can help physicians and patients make important treatment decisions.

… Our renal cell carcinoma nomogram is an online tool that can be used to predict the likelihood that a patient’s kidney cancer will not recur at five years after surgery, following a new diagnosis. Who Can Use This Tool? This nomogram was designed to be used by physicians and people with renal cell carcinoma