Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is committed to providing expert, compassionate care to children and adults with cancer, while advancing the understanding, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. The Institute is internationally renowned for its innovative research and clinical excellence. Our expertise in these two aspects of the fight against cancer uniquely position us to develop and … Read more
Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM) is a blood cancer that is extremely rare, affecting around 1500 people in the US each year. About 20 percent of those cases are considered familial, meaning that many members of the same family also have some form of blood cancer, such as myeloma or lymphoma. An even smaller group — five … Read more
Carcinoma of the prostate is a type of prostate cancer that occurs when normal prostate cells begin to grow uncontrollably. Carcinomas begin in the epithelial tissue—the thin tissue, like skin, that covers the linings of internal organs. Other cancers typically form in the body’s connective or supportive tissues (sarcomas), blood-forming tissue like bone marrow (leukemia), … Read more
当癌症在人体内扩散时，首要因素就是细胞里脱氧核糖核酸（DNA）产生了变化或突变（mutations）。正因一个癌细胞里基因组（genome）中出现了一个突变或其它异常（DNA位于细胞核内），细胞或许会从其邻近的环境中分离并侵犯周围的组织（tissue）。其它基因组的故障让癌细胞有了侵犯周围血管或淋巴管的机会，穿过血管壁并到达身体的另一个部位；在另一个部位上，癌细胞优惠穿过血管壁并开始生长和分裂，形成一个 “继发性” 肿瘤（ “secondary” tumor）或转移瘤（ metastasis）。
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It might sound counterintuitive, but not every patient comes to Dana-Farber for cancer treatment. For example, the Institute’s experts regularly see patients seeking help with benign (non-cancerous) blood disorders. Benign blood disorders such as anemia and sickle cell disease are often treated at cancer centers because such institutions are home to experts in hematology, which … Read more