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.
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What Is Myelofibrosis?
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What to Know About Bone Cancer
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Facing Treatment for Leiomyosarcoma
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What Is Thymoma?
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What Is Neuroendocrine Cancer?
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Causes and Risk Factors of Chondrosarcoma
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Symptoms of Ocular Melanoma
Two doctors are diagnosing the symptoms of a patient from x-ray at hip bone.
What Is Chondrosarcoma?
Kaposi sarcoma is diagnosed by analysis of a biopsy in the lab by a pathologist
How Kaposi Sarcoma Is Diagnosed
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Symptoms of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei
Surgeons working
How Is Chondrosarcoma Treated?
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Living With Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
Slit lamp examination is used for detecting ocular melanoma
What Is Ocular Melanoma?
Ophthalmologist examines a woman for ocular melanoma
Causes and Risk Factors of Ocular Melanoma
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What Is Pseudomyxoma Peritonei?
Ophthalmologist discusses treatment options for ocular melanoma with man
How Ocular Melanoma Is Treated
Kaposi sarcoma tumors often appear on the lower leg
Symptoms of Kaposi's Sarcoma
Ophthalmologist examining person with a slit lamp for ocular melanoma
How Ocular Melanoma Is Diagnosed
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Causes and Risk Factors of Kaposi's Sarcoma
Healthcare provider discusses treatment for Kaposi sarcoma
How Kaposi's Sarcoma Is Treated
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How Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Is Treated
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How Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Is Diagnosed
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How Von Hippel-Lindau Is Treated
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Causes of Pseudomyxoma Peritonei
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How Von Hippel-Lindau Is Diagnosed
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Symptoms of Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
Senior man with a painful back-kidney on a medical exam.
What Is Hypernephroma?
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Retinoblastoma: Causes and Risk Factors
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Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
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How Retinoblastoma Is Diagnosed
A flash photo may reveal white pupils instead of red, a sign of retinoblastoma
Symptoms of Retinoblastoma
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How Retinoblastoma Is Treated
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Renal Cell Carcinoma Prognosis
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What Is Cystic Renal Cell Carcinoma?
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Is Kidney Cancer Curable? Understanding the Odds
Pregancy ultrasound (sonogram) being performed
What Is a Teratoma?
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What Is Retinoblastoma?
Doctors discussing your CT scan
How Renal Cell Carcinoma Is Diagnosed
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Causes and Risk Factors of Renal Cell Carcinoma
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How Pheochromocytoma Is Treated
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How Pheochromocytoma Is Diagnosed
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Symptoms of Pheochromocytoma
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What Is Pheochromocytoma?
Scientist testing DNA
Causes of Liposarcoma
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How Liposarcoma Is Treated
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How Liposarcoma Is Diagnosed
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Symptoms of Liposarcoma
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How Fibrosarcoma Is Diagnosed
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What Is Liposarcoma?
DNA sequencing
Causes and Risk Factors of Fibrosarcoma
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How Fibrosarcoma Is Treated
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Symptoms of Fibrosarcoma
Doctor examining knee
What Is Fibrosarcoma?
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The Stages of Uterine Cancer
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What Is a Carcinoid Tumor?
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How Choriocarcinoma Is Treated
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Causes and Risk Factors of Choriocarcinoma
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How Choriocarcinoma Is Diagnosed
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Symptoms of Chondrosarcoma
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How Renal Cell Carcinoma Is Treated