Fact Sheets

Palliative Care for Cancer
Palliative care is a type of care provided while a patient is treated for cancer. Learn about this treatment.
Cancer Rehabilitation
Cancer treatments can cause a variety of short- and long-term physical side effects. Rehabilitation can treat the physical side effects of cancer treatment.
Cancer Survivorship
Yale Medicine doctors at our Survivorship Clinic give each patient a roadmap for their treatment and life after cancer.
Side Effects of Cancer Treatment
Any problem that affects your healthy tissue and organs and arises as a result of cancer treatment is called a cancer treatment side effect.
Smoking and Cancer
Stopping smoking makes cancer treatments more effective, lessens treatment complications, and decreases the chances of cancer returning.
Radiation Therapy
Half of all people with cancer are treated with radiation therapy. It is effective for treating almost all types of cancer in almost any part of the body.
Pediatric Chemotherapy
More than 80 percent of children diagnosed with cancer are cured, and chemotherapy is an effective treatment for childhood cancer.
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
Gamma Knife surgery is a treatment that uses high-dose radiation to target brain tumors. Learn more about this treatment.
Radiation Therapy with Gamma Knife
The Gamma Knife is a machine that focuses radiation with precision, killing tumors without harming nearby tissue. Learn about this procedure.
Clinical Trials
New drugs and medical treatments need to go through a series tests called clinical trials. This is how new and better treatments are made possible.