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Learn about and meet Memorial Sloan Kettering's team of doctors, surgeons and other cervical cancer experts who will customize a plan of care specifically for you from diagnosis through treatment.

… Our cervical cancer doctors, surgeons and other specialists a bring passion, expertise, and experience to every patient they treat. We’re among the best in the world at treating advanced and recurrent cervical cancer, and we offer unique surgical options that can help protect your ability to have children

If it is unclear where in the body a cancer started, it is called cancer of unknown primary (CUP) or occult primary cancer.

… Cancer can develop anywhere in the body. The organ or part of the body where cancer begins is known as the primary site. Cancer — including cancer that metastasizes, or spreads, to form new tumors elsewhere in the body — is named after the primary site. For example, colon cancer that spreads to the liver

Diagnosing histiocytosis can be challenging because the condition is rare and many doctors are not familiar with its symptoms.

… It can be hard to diagnose histiocytosis. There are many symptoms, and several other health conditions can also cause the same symptoms. It’s also very rare, so many doctors do not know the signs of histiocytosis. For this reason, it can take a long time to get a diagnosis for histiocytosis. MSK has

Learn how doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering perform comprehensive laboratory and imaging tests to determine whether you have multiple myeloma and, if so, whether it requires prompt treatment.

… To get an accurate diagnosis, we must learn the stage and type of multiple myeloma. Then, you and your care team can choose the treatment that’s right for you. MSK doctors use the results of many tests to diagnose multiple myeloma. They learn the stage of the disease and if it has spread. Diagnostic

Amyloidosis (a-muh-loy-DOH-sis) is a group of related diseases. It’s caused by a build-up of proteins that have folded the wrong way. These protein build-ups can happen in tissues and organs, affecting how they work.

… What is amyloidosis? Amyloidosis (a-muh-loy-DOH-sis) is a group of related diseases. It’s caused by a build-up of proteins that have folded the wrong way. These protein build-ups can happen in tissues and organs, affecting how they work. When the protein build-up happens in certain organs, it’s called

Find out what the different stages of salivary gland cancer mean.

… At some point, your doctor will tell you what stage your cancer is. Put simply, the stage describes how widespread or advanced the cancer is. Determining the stage helps doctors explain the extent of the cancer to you. It also helps them determine how to move forward with treatment , including surgery

How is prostate cancer treated? The approach depends on if the cancer has spread beyond the prostate. Learn more about MSK's approach for surgery, radiation therapy, and more.

… MSK can help you choose treatments that give the best chance to control or cure prostate cancer. There are treatments for newly diagnosed early-stage prostate cancer, for cancer that returned after treatment, and for advanced disease. We have made many advances in prostate cancer screening and treatment

¿Cómo se trata el cáncer de próstata? El enfoque depende de si el cáncer se ha diseminado fuera de la próstata. Obtenga más información sobre el enfoque de MSK para cirugía, radioterapia y más.

… MSK puede ayudarle a elegir los tratamientos que ofrecen las mejores posibilidades para controlar o curar el cáncer de próstata. Hay muchos tratamientos para las personas a las que les han diagnosticado cáncer de próstata en estadio temprano recientemente, para el cáncer que regresa después del tratamiento

Chemotherapy is often used in combination with other treatments, and may be used before surgery to shrink tumors. Learn about the types of chemotherapy for bone cancer.

… We often use chemotherapy in combination with surgery, radiation, or both to treat primary bone cancer. We typically give chemotherapy to kill any cancer cells that remain in the body after surgery to remove a tumor (called adjuvant chemotherapy). Sometimes we give chemotherapy before surgery (called

Learn about the different types of liposarcoma and how they are treated.

… Liposarcoma is a type of cancer known as soft tissue sarcoma . It begins in the fatty tissues of the body. There are three basic types of liposarcoma. Knowing the type is important information for doctors to make the best treatment plan. Well-differentiated liposarcoma is the most common form. It grows