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Conditions and Diseases – Cancer

This collection focuses on conditions related to cancer.

These comprehensive and concise factsheets are physician-reviewed and reflect the most current, evidence-based information. Relevant sources are provided for each fact sheet.

Visit our Cancer InDepth Collection for details that go beyond the information in the Fact Sheets.

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A
  • Acute granulocystic leukemia - child
  • Acute myeloblastic leukemia - child
  • Acute myelogenous leukemia - child
  • Acute myeloid leukemia - child
  • Acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia - child
  • Adrenal cancer
  • Adrenal cortical carcinoma
  • Adrenocortical carcinoma
  • Agranulocytosis
  • AML - child
  • Aphonia
  • Astrocytoma
B
  • Basal cell carcinoma
  • Benign breast masses
  • Bladder cancer
  • Bone cancer
  • Brain tumor and brain cancer - child
  • Brain tumors
    • Astrocytoma
    • Brain tumor and brain cancer—adult
    • Glioblastoma multiforme
  • Breast cancer
  • Breast cysts
C
  • Cancer fatigue
  • Cancer of the cartilage
  • Cancer of the larynx
  • Cancer of the rectum
  • Cancer of the voicebox
  • Cancer pain syndromes
  • Cancer, endometrial
  • Cancer, nasopharyngeal
  • Cancer, oropharyngeal
  • Cancer, ovarian
  • Cancer, testicular
  • Cancer, throat
  • Cancer, thyroid
  • Cancer, tongue
  • Cancer, uterine
  • Cancer
    • Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
    • Acute myelogenous leukemia - adult
    • Astrocytoma
    • Bladder cancer
    • Bone cancer
    • Brain tumor and brain cancer—adult
    • Breast cancer
    • Cancer of the adrenal cortex
    • Cervical cancer
    • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
    • Chronic myelocytic leukemia
    • Colon cancer
    • Endometrial cancer
    • Esophageal cancer
    • Ewing's sarcoma
    • Gallbladder cancer
    • Glioblastoma multiforme
    • Hairy cell leukemia
    • Hodgkin's disease
    • Hodgkin's lymphoma - adult
    • Kaposi's sarcoma
    • Kidney cancer
    • Laryngeal cancer
    • Liver cancer
    • Lung cancer
    • Melanoma
    • Nasopharyngeal cancer
    • Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in adults
    • Oropharyngeal cancer
    • Osteosarcoma
    • Ovarian cancer
    • Pancreatic cancer
    • Prostate cancer
    • Living with prostate cancer
    • Skin cancer
    • Soft tissue sarcoma
    • Soft tissue sarcoma (alveolar soft part sarcoma)
    • Soft tissue sarcoma (angiosarcoma)
    • Soft tissue sarcoma (dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans)
    • Soft tissue sarcoma (desmoid sarcoma)
    • Soft tissue sarcoma (fibrosarcoma)
    • Soft tissue sarcoma (leiomyosarcoma)
    • Soft tissue sarcoma (liposarcoma)
    • Soft tissue sarcoma (lymphoma [lymphosarcoma])
    • Soft tissue sarcoma (malignant fibrous histiocytoma)
    • Soft tissue sarcoma (malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor)
    • Soft tissue sarcoma (rhabdomyosarcoma)
    • Soft tissue sarcoma (synovial sarcoma)
    • Stomach cancer
    • Testicular cancer
    • Throat cancer
    • Thyroid cancer
    • Tongue cancer
    • Uterine cancer
    • Vaginal cancer
  • Carcinomas
  • Cartilage cancer
  • Cervical cancer
  • Cervical cancer screening
  • Chondrosarcoma
  • Chronic cystic mastitis
  • Classic whipple
  • Colon cancer
  • Cystic disease
E
  • Endometrial adenocarcinoma
  • Endometrial cancer
  • Esophageal achalasia
  • Esophageal cancer
  • Ewing's family of tumors
  • Ewing's family of tumors - child
  • Ewing's sarcoma
  • Ewing's sarcoma - child
F
  • Familial adenomatous polyposis
  • Fatigue, cancer
G
  • Gallbladder cancer
  • Gastric myoblastoma
  • Gastric myosarcoma
  • Gastrointestinal leiomyosarcoma
  • Gastrointestinal smooth muscle tumor
  • Gastrointestinal stromal sarcoma
  • Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
  • Germinoma
  • GIST
  • Glioblastoma multiforme
  • Glioma
  • Granulocytopenia
  • Granulopenia
H
  • Hairy cell leukemia
  • Hepatoma, malignant
  • Hodgkin's disease - child
  • Hodgkin's disease- adult
  • Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • Hodgkin's lymphoma - child
I
  • IBC
  • Inflammatory breast cancer
  • Inflammatory breast carcinoma
  • Inflammatory carcinoma of the breast
  • Ionizing radiation exposure
K
  • Kaposi's sarcoma
  • Kidney cancer
L
  • Laryngeal cancer
  • Leukemia - child
  • Leukemia
    • Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
    • Acute myelogenous leukemia
    • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
    • Chronic myelocytic leukemia
  • Leukemic reticuloendotheliosis
  • Liver cancer
  • Liver cirrhosis
  • Living with prostate cancer
  • Loss of Voice
  • Lymphedema
  • Lymphoma, non-hodgkin's - child
  • Lymphoma
    • Hodgkin's disease- adult
    • Hodgkin's lymphoma - adult
    • Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in adults
M
  • Malignant hepatoma
  • Mammary dysplasia
  • Melanoma
  • Meningioma
  • Mesothelioma pleura
  • Multiple myeloma
N
  • Nasopharyngeal cancer
  • Nervous system tumor
  • Neuroblastoma - child
  • Neutropenia
  • Non-hodgkin's lymphoma - child
  • Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in adults
  • Non-small cell bronchogenic carcinoma
  • Non-small cell lung cancer
  • NSCLC
O
  • Oropharyngeal cancer
  • Osteocartilaginous exostosis
  • Osteochondroma
  • Osteogenic sarcoma - child
  • Osteosarcoma
  • Osteosarcoma - child
  • Ovarian cancer
P
  • Pancreatectomy
  • Pancreatectomy (central pancreatectomy)
  • Pancreatectomy (distal pancreatectomy)
  • Pancreatectomy (total pancreatectomy)
  • Pancreatic cancer
  • Pancreaticoduodenectomy
  • Partial Loss of Voice
  • Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors
  • Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors - child
  • Pituitary adenoma
  • Pituitary tumor
  • Plasma-cell myeloma
  • Pleural mesothelioma
  • PNET
  • PNET - child
  • Primary Lymphedema
  • Prostate cancer
    • Living with prostate cancer
R
  • Radiation exposure
  • Rectal cancer
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma - child
S
  • Sarcoma, osteogenic - child
  • Seconary Lymphedema
  • Seminoma
  • Skin cancer-basal cell
  • Skin cancer
    • Carcinomas
    • Melanoma
  • Skin cancer-squamos cell
  • Soft tissue sarcoma
  • Soft tissue sarcoma (alveolar soft part sarcoma)
  • Soft tissue sarcoma (angiosarcoma)
  • Soft tissue sarcoma (dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans)
  • Soft tissue sarcoma (desmoid sarcoma)
  • Soft tissue sarcoma (fibrosarcoma)
  • Soft tissue sarcoma (leiomyosarcoma)
  • Soft tissue sarcoma (liposarcoma)
  • Soft tissue sarcoma (lymphoma [lymphosarcoma])
  • Soft tissue sarcoma (malignant fibrous histiocytoma)
  • Soft tissue sarcoma (malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor)
  • Soft tissue sarcoma (rhabdomyosarcoma)
  • Soft tissue sarcoma (synovial sarcoma)
  • Squamous cell carcinoma
  • Stomach cancer
T
  • Testicular cancer
  • Throat cancer
  • Thyroid cancer
  • Tongue cancer
  • Tumor, gastrointestinal stromal
U
  • Uterine cancer
V
  • Vaginal cancer
  • Voice, loss of
  • Voice, partial loss of
W
  • Whipple procedure
  • Whipple procedure (pp whipple)
  • Whipple procedure (pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy)
  • Whipple procedure (pylorus-preserving whipple procedure)
  • Wilms' tumor

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