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Spirituality and religion help patients, families, and caregivers cope with cancer and spiritual distress. Learn how religious and spiritual needs are met during treatment and improve a patient’s quality of life in this expert-reviewed summary.

Cervical cancer screening tests (e.g., the Papanicolaou (Pap) Test, HPV DNA, Thin-prep) find cervical changes before cancer develops. Learn more about the potential benefits and harms of these tests in this expert-reviewed summary.

The treatment of cancer may cause health problems (late effects) for childhood cancer survivors months or years after successful treatment has ended. Get information about the long-term physical, psychological and social effects of treatment for childhood cancer in this expert-reviewed summary.

Vulvar cancer treatment options include various surgical procedures, topical therapy, radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy. Learn more about the treatment options for newly diagnosed and recurrent vulvar cancer in this expert-reviewed summary.

Urethral cancer occurs in men and women and can spread quickly to lymph nodes near the urethra. Find out about risk factors, symptoms, tests to diagnose, prognosis, staging, and treatment for urethral cancer.

Penile cancer is highly curable when found early. Find out about risk factors, symptoms, tests to diagnose, prognosis, staging, and treatment for penile cancer.

Kaposi sarcoma treatment depends upon the type and can include scraping to remove a lesion, radiation therapy, surgery, and sometimes chemotherapy. Learn more about the diagnosis and treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent Kaposi sarcoma in this expert-reviewed summary.

Newcastle disease virus (NDV) as a cancer treatment has been studied in humans, but has not been proven to stop or kill cancer. The US Food and Drug Administration has not approved NDV as a treatment for cancer. Learn more about use of NDV for cancer in this expert-reviewed summary.

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) treatment options include supportive care, disease-modifying agents, and allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Get detailed information about the treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent MDS in this summary for clinicians.

Paranasal sinus and nasal cavity cancer treatment often is a combination of surgery and radiation therapy for operable tumors. Chemotherapy may be used as palliation in recurrent disease. Get detailed treatment information for newly diagnosed and recurrent disease in this clinician summary.