| Updating you about cancer causes, prevention, screening, treatment, coping, and more | |  Radiation may not be needed for people having surgery for rectal cancer, a large clinical trial has shown. A combination of two chemotherapy drugs before surgery appears to be as effective as chemo and radiation and may spare patients from long-term side effects. |  | | Despite recommendations, few people with cancer undergo testing to learn if their cancer may have been caused by gene changes inherited from a parent. Testing rates are going up for some cancer types but remain low for others. | | | | In men, loss of the Y chromosome in bladder cancer cells helped tumors evade the immune system and grow unchecked, a new study shows. However, losing the chromosome also appears to make bladder cancer more likely to respond to immunotherapy. | |  Information specialists at NCI's Cancer Information Service (CIS), NCI's contact center, can help answer your cancer-related questions in English and Spanish. This page tells you how to reach us by phone, chat, or email. | | | | |
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