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Our quick reference sources cover the basics of cancer. From causes and symptoms to prevention and treatments, get the quick facts on cancers, precancers, and benign tumors. Learn more about screening, diagnostic, and treatment interventions. All fact shees are physician-reviewed and reflect evidence-based research. Relevant sources are provided for each fact sheet.

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Cancers

  • Adrenocortical carcinoma
  • Astrocytoma
  • Bladder cancer
  • Bone cancer
  • Brain tumor and brain cancer—adult
  • Breast cancer
  • Cervical cancer
  • Colon cancer
  • Endometrial cancer
  • Esophageal cancer
  • Ewing's sarcoma
  • Familial adenomatous polyposis
  • Gallbladder cancer
  • Hairy cell leukemia
  • Hodgkin's disease (Hodgkin's lymphoma)
  • Kaposi's sarcoma
  • Kidney cancer
  • Laryngeal cancer
  • Leukemia
  • Liver cancer
  • Lung cancer
  • Lymphedema
  • Melanoma
  • Meningioma
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Nasopharyngeal cancer
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Non-hodgkin's lymphoma
  • Oropharyngeal cancer
  • Osteosarcoma
  • Ovarian cancer
  • Pancreatic cancer
  • Pheochromocytoma
  • Primary lymphedema
  • Prostate cancer
  • Retinoblastoma
  • Secondary lymphedema
  • Skin cancer
  • Soft tissue sarcoma
  • Stomach cancer
  • Testicular cancer
  • Throat cancer
  • Thyroid cancer
  • Tongue cancer
  • Uterine cancer
  • Von-hippel lindau disease
  • Wilms' tumor

    • Precancers

  • Barrett's esophagus
  • Cervical dysplasia
  • Colon polyps
  • Human papillomavirus/genital warts
  • Moles

    • Noncancerous Tumors

  • Acoustic neuroma
  • Arrhenoblastoma
  • Colon polyps
  • Fibroids
  • Human papillomavirus/genital warts
  • Meningioma
  • Moles
  • Von-hippel lindau disease

    • Browse by Intervention

    Screening

  • Barium enema
  • Colonoscopy
  • Colposcopy
  • Fecal occult blood test (FOBT)
  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy
  • HPV blood test
  • Mammogram
  • Pap tests
  • Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test

    • Diagnostic

  • Abdominal paracentesis
  • Barium enema
  • Bone marrow biopsy
  • Bone scan
  • Biopsy
  • Breast needle biopsy
  • Breast open biopsy
  • Breast surgical biopsy
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Chest x-ray
  • Colonoscopy
  • CT scan, abdomen
  • CT scan, head
  • Cytoscopy
  • Dilation and curettage (D&C)
  • Endometrial biopsy
  • Fine needle biopsy
  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy
  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV) blood test
  • Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)
  • KUB (kidneys, ureter, bladder)
  • Laparoscopy
  • Laryngoscopy
  • LEEP
  • LLEC—large loop excision of the cervix
  • LLETZ—large loop excision of the transformation zone
  • Loop cone biopsy of the cervix
  • Loop electrosurgical excision procedure
  • Lumpectomy (partial mastectomy)
  • Mammogram
  • MRI scan
  • Pap (Papanicolaou) test
  • Positron emission tomography (PET) scan
  • PSA testing
  • Renal ultrasound
  • Sentinel lymph node biopsy
  • Skin biopsy
  • Skin lesion removal
  • Spinal tap
  • Thoractomy
  • Ultrasound, abdominal
  • Upper gastrointestinal (GI) series

    • Treatment

  • Abdominal paracentesis
  • Acoustic neuroma removal
  • Adrenalectomy
  • Blood transfusion
  • Bone marrow transplant
  • Breast reconstruction
  • Cervical cryosurgery
  • Chemotherapy
  • Colon polyp removal
  • Colon polypectomy
  • Dilation and curettage (D&C)
  • Gastrostomy
  • Hysterectomy
  • Laparoscopy
  • Laryngectomy
  • Lumpectomy (partial mastectomy)
  • Mastectomy
  • Melanoma removal
  • Myomectomy
  • Oophorectomy
  • Ovarian cyst removal
  • Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)
  • Prostatectomy
  • Radiation therapy
  • Skin lesion removal
  • Small bowel resection
  • Splenectomy
  • Thoractomy
  • Thyroidectomy
  • Tracheotomy
  • Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP)
  • Upper GI Endoscopy

    • Browse Alphabetically

    B

  • Bladder cancer

    • C

  • Cancer fatigue

    • F

  • Fatigue, cancer

    • H

  • Hepatic resection

    • L

  • LEEP
  • Liver resection
  • LLEC?large loop excision of the cervix
  • LLETZ?large loop excision of the transformation zone
  • Loop cone biopsy of the cervix
  • Loop electrosurgical excision procedure
  • Lymphedema

    • P

  • Primary lymphedema

    • R

  • Resection, hepatic
  • Resection, liver

    • S

  • Seconary lymphedema

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