A straight answer
Is there a cure for cancer? No single cure.
There are more than 100 types of cancer, and most people are treated with a combination of treatments. What you can do today: learn what is true, spot what is false, and walk into your next appointment with better questions.
Every fact on this site is quoted from the National Cancer Institute, the CDC or the FDA, with the page and its date. Nothing here is medical advice, and nothing here is for sale as a treatment.
types of cancer, each named for where it starts.
NCI · What Is Cancer?cancer survivors in the United States as of January 2022, projected to reach 26 million by 2040.
NCI · Cancer Statisticssince the early 1990s, the overall U.S. cancer death rate has declined.
NCI · Cancer StatisticsThree things this site does, and does carefully.
No miracle, no secret, no supplement. Plain facts with their sources, a way to read the words used to sell false cures, and a place to keep the questions that matter.
The straight answer
Eight facts about curing cancer, each quoted word for word from NCI, CDC or FDA, with what it means in one plain line.
02Check a “cure” claim
Saw an ad or a post promising a cure? Tick the words it used. See which ones the FDA lists as red flags, and what the FDA says to do.
03Questions for your doctor
65 questions from NCI’s own lists, for a new diagnosis, for treatment and for clinical trials. Print a sheet, or keep visits and answers in a private folder.
The Visit Folder
Bring the right questions. Leave with the answers written down.
Pick questions before an appointment, type the answers during or after it, and keep every visit in one place you can print.
- No account and no email address. Your folder opens with a private link only you hold.
- Sealed: questions, answers and notes are stored encrypted with a key made from your link. Our database and backups cannot be read without it.
- Delete a visit or the whole folder whenever you like.
Free to read. $1.95 a month for the full folder.
Every fact, the claim decoder, the question lists and a printable sheet are free and stay free. The Folder Pass pays for keeping a longer record.
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- The straight answer: eight sourced facts
- The “cure” claim decoder
- Plain words from the NCI dictionary
- All 65 NCI questions and a printable sheet
- A Visit Folder that keeps 2 visits
Folder Pass
$1.95a month
or $19.50 a year (two months free)
Free during preview- Keep up to 60 visits with their questions, answers and notes
- Print the whole folder in one go
- Download the whole folder as a text file
- Cancel any time: every visit you saved stays readable and printable one at a time
The site is in preview: payments are not switched on yet, so every folder has the Folder Pass for free and no card or PayPal account is asked for. When payments start, these prices apply and nothing is charged without you choosing a plan.
A person can help with what a website cannot.
This site explains and organises. For questions about your own cancer, talk with your care team. For a free, confidential conversation about cancer, NCI runs a phone line, chat and email.
1-800-422-6237 · Monday–Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET · English and Spanish · LiveHelp chat and email
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, any time. For an emergency, call 911.