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Types of cancer
At the VCU Massey Cancer Center, we treat all kinds of cancers. Our researchers and clinicians work together to offer you the latest in cancer treatments and prevention. We invite you to learn about specific types of cancer by searching alphabetically (via the following menu) or by scrolling down the page.
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- What is bladder cancer?
- Anatomy
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- What are bone cancers?
- Bone anatomy
- Chondrosarcoma
- Ewing sarcoma (Adult)
- Ewing sarcoma (Pediatric)
- Osteosarcoma (Adult)
- Osteogenic sarcoma (Pediatric)
- What is a brain tumor?
- Types of brain tumors
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
- What is a brain tumor?
- Anatomy of the brain
- Types of brain tumors
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
- Breast cancer
- Statistics and anatomy
- Causes, risk factors and genetics
- Signs and symptoms
- Self-examination
- Mammograms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Breast cancer treatment
- Breast reconstruction
- Post-treatment lymphedema
- Post-mastectomy prosthesis
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Hormone therapy
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- What is cervical cancer?
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- HPV and Pap tests
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- What is colorectal cancer?
- Causes and risk factors
- Prevention
- Screening guidelines
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
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- What is endometrial cancer?
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
- What is esophageal cancer?
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
G
- What are germ cell tumors?
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
- What are gynecologic cancers?
- Anatomy
- Screening/Pap testing
- Cervical cancer
- Endometrical cancer
- Ovarian
- Uterine
- Vaginal
- Vulvar
H
- What is head and neck cancer?
- Causes and risk factors
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment and survival
- The future
- What is hepatoblastoma?
- Causes and risk factors
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
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- What is leukemia?
- Acute lymphocytic
- Chronic lymphocytic
- Acute myelogenous
- Chronic myelogenous
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- What is leukemia?
- Causes and risks
- Diagnosis and symptoms
- Signs and symptoms
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
- What is primary liver cancer?
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
- Other types of liver cancer
Lymphoma (Hodgkin’s pediatric)
- What is Hodgkin’s disease?
- Causes and risk factors
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
Lymphoma (Non-Hodgkin’s adult)
Lymphoma (Non-Hodgkin’s pediatric)
- What is Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma?
- Causes and risk factors
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
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- What is neuroblastoma?
- Causes and risk factors
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
O
- What is oral cancer?
- Types of oral cancer
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- What is ovarian cancer?
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
P
- Brain tumors
- Ewing sarcoma
- Germ cell tumors
- Hepatoblastoma
- Leukemias
- Lymphoma (Hodgkin’s)
- Lymphoma (Non-Hodgkin’s)
- Neuroblastoma
- Osteogenic sarcoma
- Retinoblastoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Wilms tumor
- Information on prostate cancer
- Signs and symptoms
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Diagnostic procedures
- Treatment options
- Long-term outlook
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- What is retinoblastoma?
- Causes and risk factors
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
- What is rhabdomyosarcoma?
- Causes and risk factors
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
S
- Facts and anatomy
- Basal cell carcinoma
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Melanoma
- Kaposi’s sarcoma/Paget’s disease
- Merkel cell cancer
- Actinic keratosis
- Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
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- What is testicular cancer?
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
- What are thyroid tumors?
- Anatomy of the thyroid gland
- Types of thyroid tumors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
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V
- What is vulvar cancer?
- Risk factors and prevention
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
W
- What is Wlims tumor?
- Causes and risk factors
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook