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More Types of Cancer

Understanding different types of cancer can help you take an active role in your care, especially if you are diagnosed with one that is less common. Learn more.
Tumor on one of two adrenal glands, located above the kidneys.
Adrenal Cancer: What You Need to Know
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, illustration
What Are Blood Cancers?
A cytologic smear of vagina with intermediate squamous cells, one of which contains numerous keratohyalin granules
What Is Vaginal Cancer?
A person holding a model of human intestines in front of body on white background.
What Is Intestinal Cancer?
Mid adult doctor examines senior man's eyesight
What Is Eye Cancer?
woman with cancer
What You Should Know About Sarcoma
Patient looking out window
Multiple Myeloma Stages, Prognosis, and Survival Rates
a woman at a doctor's office
Uterine Cancer: Signs, Symptoms, and Complications
Woman experiencing abdominal pain.
An Overview of Gallbladder Cancer
Duodenal Cancer
An Overview of Duodenal Cancer
Ampullary Cancer
What Is Ampullary Cancer?
neuroendocrine tumor
What Are Neuroendocrine Tumors?
Woman complaining of a stomachache to a doctor
An Overview of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
doctorconsult patient with heart problems
An Overview of Pericardial Mesothelioma
Heart and lung symptoms of mesothelioma
What Are the Symptoms of Mesothelioma?
Experienced worker using hammer drill
What Causes Mesothelioma? The Role of Asbestos and Other Risk Factors
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How to Diagnose Mesothelioma with Imaging, Biopsy, and Other Tests
Doctor giving consult
Oropharyngeal Cancer: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment
Image of kidneys
What to Expect From Cancer of the Kidney
Getting a medical diagnosis
Hormone Producing Tumors
X-Ray
What Is a Skeletal Survey?
Close-Up Of Hands
Could Your Nail Discoloration Be Melanoma?
Doctor checking patient's eye
How to Prevent, Identify, and Treat Melanoma of the Eye
diagram of uterus surrounded by cancer cells
Endometrial Cancer: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis
A patient undergoing a CT scan.
What Tests Are Done to Find Kidney Cancer?
fever, anemia
What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Kidney Cancer?
concerned woman next to doctor writing
Signs and Symptoms of Bone Cancer
Green ribbon representing bile duct cancer awareness
What You Need to Know About Bile Duct Cancer
Cancer research
Understanding Soft Tissue Sarcomas
scan of kidneys with cancer cells floating by
What Are the Causes of Kidney Cancer and Who Is at Risk?
Woman receiving Radiation Therapy Treatments for Cancer
Therapies for Bone Cancer
Older Woman on Phone
Bone Cancer: Causes and Risk Factors
woman learning about a diagnosis of peritoneal cancer from doctor
How Bone Cancer Is Diagnosed
Doctor talking with a woman about the possible risk of cancer after fertility drugs and infertility
What Are the Types of Treatment for Endometrial Cancer?
Gynecology consultation
How Doctors Diagnose Endometrial Cancer
young girl being treated for cancer
Rhabdomyosarcoma: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatments
Doctor talking with patient
What Treatments Are Used for Kidney Cancer?
Woman with cancer relaxes on patio
Living Well When Diagnosed With Bone Cancer
woman learning about a diagnosis of peritoneal cancer from doctor
What Is Peritoneal Cancer?
blood in laboratory
Treatment Options for Patients With Leukemia & Other Blood Cancers
Mid-adult woman explaining her problems to her doctor
Vaginal Cancer Signs and Symptoms
Why the M Protein Is Important in Blood Cancers
A woman suffering from abdominal pain or cramps.
The #1 Symptom of Endometrial Cancer
Proteins
What Causes Bence Jones Proteins in Urine?
When last did you see a doctor?
Discover How Often HPV Is Associated With Penile Cancer
Doctor using digital tablet to talk to senior man
Statistics, Causes, and Symptoms of Penis Cancer
man reading on toilet
Signs and Symptoms of Anal Cancer
Doctor assisting patient with severe abdominal pain
Symptoms of Gallbladder Cancer and Why Early Detection is Difficult
Endometrial Cancer
What Increases Your Risk of Endometrial Cancer?
sarcoma
Cancers of the Connective Tissue Are Called Sarcomas
mesothelioma name by stethoscope
Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment of Mesothelioma
Brain and spinal cord, the site of leptomeningeal metastases
Leptomeningeal Disease Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
kidney scan
What Should You Know About Kidney Cancer?
Rectum lit up in large intestine suggestive of cancer
An Overview of Rectal Cancer
Gay couple in Paris.
Types of AIDS-Related Cancer
Doctor and patient working on digital tablet
Signs of Different Types of Gynecologic Cancer
Chemotherapy patient
The Facts About Bone Cancer Everyone Should Know
Doctor talking with patient in office Doctor talking with patient in office
Vulvar Cancer: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment & Prevention
Leukemia; myeloid, 250X at 35mm.
How to Understand Cancers of the Blood Cells
Farrah Fawcett in 2004
How Relapse Altered Farrah Fawcett's Treatment Decisions