A cancer diagnosis is one of the major hurdles a person may face. myDr has put together information on the different types of cancers, cancer symptoms, cancer tests, cancer prevention and cancer treatments, plus real-life stories of cancer sufferers.
Articles
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- Bladder cancer
- Blood and bone marrow cancers
- Bowel cancer
- Breast cancer
- Cancer care related articles
- Cervical cancer
- Liver cancer
- Lung cancer
- Oesophageal cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Prostate cancer and prostate health
- Skin cancer
- Testicle health and testicular cancer
- Tests and investigations for cancer
- Treatments for cancer
- Uterine cancer
- Vulval conditions
- Your pancreas
Images & Animations
- All about the prostate and prostate health
- Bowel cancer: what is it?
- Breast cancer prevention
- Breast cancer: detection and diagnosis
- Lung cancer: what is it?
- Pain relief ladder for cancer pain
- Pelvic floor muscle exercises for men
- Skin cancer: the warning signs
- Skin cancer: what is it?
Health Story
- Breast cancer: just words, not a sentence
- Vulval cancer: how Kathleen coped
- Lymphoedema stories: people managing the challenge
Tests & Investigations
- Barium enema: lower bowel examination
- Barium swallow and barium meal tests
- Biopsy
- Bowel cancer pilot programme for early detection
- Bowel cancer diagnosis
- Breast cancer screening
- Breast cancer: detection and diagnosis
- CAT scans
- Colonoscopy: examination of the colon
- CT scan
- Endoscopy
- Faecal occult blood test
- Full body CT scans questionable for healthy people
- Full-body scans: no evidence yet, says college
- Gastroscopy: examination of the upper digestive tract
- Health checks
- Laparoscopy
- Lung cancer: how is it diagnosed?
- Mammogram abnormalities
- Mammography
- MRI scan: magnetic resonance imaging
- Nuclear medicine and radioactivity
- Oesophageal manometry
- Ovarian cancer: symptoms and diagnosis
- Pap smear tests
- Pap smears and colposcopy
- Pap tests
- Prostate antigen screening : lack of evidence in older men
- Prostate cancer: who should be tested?
- Prostate cancers: growth factor may show which will spread
- Prostate tests
- Screening tests
- Skin cancer diagnosis
- Testicular self-examination (TSE)
Tools and Risk Tests
Quizzes
Recently Updated
Medicine & Treatments
- Anastrazole PBS-listed for breast cancer after menopause
- Aspirin benefits in bowel cancer
- Australian research paves the way for improved interferon therapy
- Australians again urged to slip! slop! slap!
- Bowel cancer treatments
- Breast cancer: treatments
- Cervical cancer treatment
- Clinical trials
- DCIS breast cancer: radiotherapy can reduce recurrence risk
- Free prostate cancer guide now available
- Gefitinib: new treatment for lung cancer
- How a new Australian device could make Pap smears easier
- HRT reduces risk after breast cancer diagnosis
- Lasers
- Latest in breast cancer and thoracic medicine research
- Liver cancer: treatment
- Lung cancer: treatment
- New hope for advanced breast cancer
- New listing cuts the costs of leukaemia drug
- Oesophageal cancer treatment
- Ovarian cancer: choosing treatment
- Ovarian cancer: treatment options
- Ovarian cancer: what happens after treatment?
- Pain relief ladder for cancer pain
- Pelvic floor muscle exercises for men
- Prostate cancer treatment options
- Prostate cancer: how is it treated?
- Prostate cancer: surgery side effects
- Quit smoking: 10 tips
- Quitting smoking
- Skin cancer treatment options
- Skin cancer: treatment
- Sunburn: prevention and treatment
- Tamoxifen shows potential in preventing breast cancer
- Teaspoon guide to applying sunscreen
- Uterine cancer: treatments
- Uterine cancer: what happens after treatment?
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