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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.

Duodenal Cancer

Duodenal Cancer: Overview and More

By Sherry Christiansen

Ampullary Cancer

What Is Ampullary Cancer?

By Sherry Christiansen

neuroendocrine tumor

What Are Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs)?

By Sherry Christiansen

Woman complaining of a stomachache to a doctor

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

doctorconsult patient with heart problems

Pericardial Mesothelioma: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Heart and lung symptoms of mesothelioma

Mesothelioma: Signs, Symptoms, and Complications

Medically reviewed by Douglas A. Nelson, MD

Experienced worker using hammer drill

Mesothelioma: Causes and Risk Factors

Medically reviewed by Douglas A. Nelson, MD

How Mesothelioma Is Diagnosed

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Doctor giving consult

Oropharyngeal Cancer: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Image of kidneys

Renal Cell Carcinoma: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Getting a medical diagnosis

Carcinoid Syndrome: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Skeletal Survey: Uses, Procedure, Results

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Close-Up Of Hands

Subungual Melanoma Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Doctor checking patient's eye

How to Prevent, Identify, and Treat Melanoma of the Eye

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

diagram of uterus surrounded by cancer cells

Endometrial Cancer: Overview and More.

Medically reviewed by Anita Sadaty, MD

A patient undergoing a CT scan.

How Kidney Cancer Is Diagnosed and Staged

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Kidney Cancer: Signs, Symptoms, and Complications

By Lynne Eldridge, MD

concerned woman next to doctor writing

Bone Cancer: Signs, Symptoms, and Complications

By Tom Iarocci, MD

Green ribbon representing bile duct cancer awareness

Bile Duct Cancer: Overview and More

By Naveed Saleh, MD, MS

Cancer research

Soft Tissue Sarcomas Explained

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

scan of kidneys with cancer cells floating by

Kidney Cancer: Causes and Risk Factors

By Lynne Eldridge, MD

Woman receiving Radiation Therapy Treatments for Cancer

How Bone Cancer Is Treated

By Tom Iarocci, MD

Older Woman on Phone

Bone Cancer: Causes and Risk Factors

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

woman learning about a diagnosis of peritoneal cancer from doctor

How Bone Cancer Is Diagnosed

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Doctor talking with a woman about the possible risk of cancer after fertility drugs and infertility

Treatment of Endometrial Cancer

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Gynecology consultation

Diagnosis of Endometrial Cancer

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

young girl being treated for cancer

Rhabdomyosarcoma: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatments

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Doctor talking with patient

How Kidney Cancer Is Treated

By Lynne Eldridge, MD

woman with breast cancer contemplating treatment

Coping With Bone Cancer

By Tom Iarocci, MD

woman learning about a diagnosis of peritoneal cancer from doctor

Peritoneal Cancer: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

blood in laboratory

Treatment Advances for People With Blood Cancer

By Tom Iarocci, MD

Mid-adult woman explaining her problems to her doctor

Vaginal Cancer Signs and Symptoms

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

M-Protein Antibodies and Significance in Blood

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

A woman suffering from abdominal pain or cramps.

Endometrial Cancer: Signs, Symptoms, and Complications

Medically reviewed by Anita Sadaty, MD

Bence Jones Proteins in Cancer Diagnosis

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

When last did you see a doctor?

How HPV Is Associated With Penile Cancer

Medically reviewed by Susan Olender, MD

Doctor using digital tablet to talk to senior man

Statistics, Causes, and Symptoms of Penis Cancer

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

man reading on toilet

Signs and Symptoms of Anal Cancer

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Doctor assisting patient with severe abdominal pain

Gallbladder Cancer Symptoms Don't Appear Early On

Medically reviewed by Douglas A. Nelson, MD

Endometrial Cancer

Endometrial Cancer: Causes and Risk Factors

Medically reviewed by Brian Levine, MD

Sarcoma Are Malignant Connective Tissue Cancer

By Jonathan Cluett, MD

mesothelioma name by stethoscope

Mesothelioma: Overview and More

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Brain and spinal cord, the site of leptomeningeal metastases

Leptomeningeal Metastases: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and More

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

stem cell research

How Multiple Myeloma Is Treated

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Opportunity doesn’t hang around, neither should you

Multiple Myeloma: Signs, Symptoms, and Complications

Medically reviewed by Douglas A. Nelson, MD

Osteolytic lesion of tumor of the lower end of the radius.

Osteolytic Lesions in Myeloma: Causes and Treatment

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Kidney Cancer: Overview and More

Rectum lit up in large intestine suggestive of cancer

Rectal Cancer: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Gay couple in Paris.

Types of AIDS-Related Cancer

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Doctor and patient working on digital tablet

Overview of Gynecologic Cancer

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Doctor obtaining a cervical smear

Vaginal Cancer Risk Factors, Causes, and Symptoms

Medically reviewed by Anita Sadaty, MD

Chemotherapy patient

Bone Cancer: Overview and More

Doctor talking with patient in office Doctor talking with patient in office

Vulvar Cancer: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment & Prevention

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Leukemia; myeloid, 250X at 35mm.

What Are Cancers of the Blood Cells?

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Farrah Fawcett in 2004

Farrah Fawcett's Battle With Anal Cancer

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Heart Cancer: Understanding Cardiac Tumors

Medically reviewed by Douglas A. Nelson, MD

female doctor who specializes in x-rays looking at an x-ray scan and computer screen

Different Types of Cancer

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Examination of a patient's retinal, conjunctiva, cornea, optic nerve, blood vessels, with a slit lamp

Eye Melanoma - Cancer of the Eye

Medically reviewed by Johnstone M. Kim, MD

Human papilloma virus (HPV), coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM)

How HPV Infection Is Linked to Anal Cancer

Medically reviewed by Anita Sadaty, MD

A sad young girl sitting at the table

The Signs and Symptoms of Ewing's Sarcoma

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

Male doctor examining mouth of female patient using tongue depressor and flashlight in clinic examination room

Diagnosis of Oral Cancer

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD

image showing metastases that can cause spinal cord compression

Developing Spinal Cord Compression From Cancer

Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD