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Chemotherapy can affect both the skin and nails. It may cause an increased sensitivity to the sun as well as redness, rashes, itching, peeling, dryness, or acne. Nails may become darkened, yellow, brittle, or cracked, and may also develop vertical lines or ridges.

Palliative care can be provided in the hospital, at home, or in a setting specializing in such care. It may be long-term over several years, or short-term, lasting days or weeks. Palliative care may include chemotherapy or radiation for pain control.

One type of surgery for cancer is curative, taking out the cancerous tumor or growth. Surgeons use this surgery when the cancerous tumor is in one certain part of the body. It is often the main treatment. Other types of cancer treatments, such as radiation, may be used before or after the surgery.

Detailed information on cancer, including primary and metastatic cancers, and benign and malignant tumors.

Learn how cancer is treated, what the goal of treatment is, and what common types of treatment are.

Nearly everyone has suffered from a headache. This article discusses several types of headache, how they are diagnosed and treated.

A look at what we know about how migraine pain starts.

To help diagnose a migraine, your doctor may ask you when your headaches occur, how long they last, and what they feel like.

This often severe, throbbing type of headache is different from other types of headaches in that symptoms other than pain occur with the headache. Nausea and vomiting, lightheadedness, sensitivity to light (photophobia), and other visual disturbances are common migraine symptoms.