Cancer Overview
Cancer is a group of many related diseases that begin in cells, the body's basic building blocks.
| Bladder Cancer
Cancer that forms in tissues of the bladder (the organ that stores urine).
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Breast Cancer
Breast cancer can begin in different parts of the breast, like the ducts or the lobes.
| Colon and Rectal Cancer
Colon cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the colon.
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Endometrial Cancer
Most endometrial cancers are adenocarcinomas (cancers that begin in cells that make and release mucus and other fluids).
| Kidney Cancer
Kidney cancer includes renal cell carcinoma and renal pelvis carcinoma.
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Leukemia
Cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow and causes large numbers of blood cells to be produced and enter the bloodstream.
| Melanoma
A form of skin cancer that begins in melanocytes (the cells that make the pigment melanin).
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Prostate Cancer
Cancer that forms in tissues of the prostate (a gland in the male reproductive system found below the bladder and in front of the rectum).
| Skin Cancer
Cancer that forms in tissues of the skin.
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