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Learn how NCI support enabled pulmonologist Avrum Spira to develop a minimally invasive test to tell whether smokers with suspicious lung lesions have cancer.

Read how an NCI-funded team led by Robert Vonderheide showed the promise of combining immune checkpoint inhibitors and radiation therapy in melanoma.

The results of standard tests indicated that Valerie Winston was at risk for multiple myeloma. Read how an NCI combination therapy clinical trial helped her avoid the full impact of multiple myeloma.

Treatments for children with acute myeloid leukemia and myeloid malignancies include combination chemotherapy, stem cell transplantation, and targeted therapy. Other drug therapy and supportive care is also used. Get detailed information for these diseases in this clinician summary.

Gallbladder cancer treatment for cancer found during routine gallbladder surgery is often surgery alone. Unresectable, recurrent or metastatic gallbladder cancer treatment options include relief of biliary obstruction, radiation, and chemotherapy. Get more information in this clinician summary.

Gastric cancer treatment options depend on extent of disease and may include radical surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy. Get detailed information about the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of newly diagnosed and recurrent gastric cancer in this clinician summary.

Penile cancer treatment options include surgery and radiation therapy depending upon tumor size, location, invasiveness, and stage. Get detailed information about the treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent penile cancer in this summary for clinicians.

Nasopharyngeal cancer treatment options include radiation therapy, chemoradiation followed by adjuvant chemotherapy, surgery, and chemotherapy. Get detailed information about the treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent nasopharyngeal cancer in this summary for clinicians.

Salivary gland cancer treatment options include surgery with or without postoperative radiation therapy, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Get detailed information about the treatment for newly diagnosed and recurrent salivary gland cancer in this summary for clinicians.

Oropharyngeal cancer treatment options may include radiation therapy, surgery, chemoradiation, chemotherapy alone, and immunotherapy. Get detailed information about the treatment for newly diagnosed and recurrent oropharyngeal cancer in this summary for clinicians.