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Advanced cancers have usually spread from where they started to other parts of the body. This is known as metastatic cancer. But not all advanced cancers are metastatic.
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Learn about how recent advances led to the development of modern knowledge about what causes cancer.
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AIDS, is caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). AIDS is the most advanced stage of HIV infection. Learn more here.
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An advance health care directive is a kind of legal document that tells your doctor your wishes about your health care. Here we review general information about different advance health care directives, like health care power of attorney, living wills, do-not-resuscitate, and other agreements like these.
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This information represents the views of the doctors and nurses serving on the American Cancer Society's Cancer Information Database Editorial Board.
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Because more people are surviving cancer, more attention is focused on the quality of life and long-term outcomes of these cancer survivors. Learn about the advancement of cancer survivorship here.
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Some cancers are more likely to spread than others.
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Sharon, age 42, with advanced cancer:
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Nearing The End of Life series
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This section describes (in alphabetical order) many of the major problems that can happen with advanced cancer.