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Discusses cancer pain management. Discusses causes such as tumor pressing on bones or nerves. Covers types of cancer pain

During a physical exam, a health professional looks at, listens to, and touches or gently presses on (palpates) the body. This

A nerve block is a local anesthetic injected near a nerve or the spinal cord or nerve root. It may be used to treat some kinds of

A urinary catheter is a flexible plastic tube that's used to drain urine from the bladder when a person can't urinate. The

A clinical breast examination (CBE) is a physical examination of the breast done by a health professional. During this exam, your

A sentinel lymph node biopsy removes lymph node tissue to see if a known cancer has spread. This biopsy may be done instead of a

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type of cancer that causes the body to make a large number of young white blood cells

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a type of cancer that causes the body to produce large numbers of young white blood cells

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of cancer that causes the body to produce large numbers of white blood cells

What is leukemia? Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells. It starts in the bone marrow, the soft tissue inside most bones. Bone