Welcome to our Cancer Education section.

If you or someone you know has just been diagnosed with cancer, you may have a lot of questions. Knowledge is power. It’s time to learn a whole new vocabulary and understand what the diagnosis means. Learning about your cancer is the first step to fighting it. In this series of articles, you will find basic information about your specific cancer.

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What is Cancer?

Illustration of the Rectum, featuring rectal mucosa, columns of morgani, sphincter muscles, squamus mucosa, and a cancerous mass

Anal Cancer

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Blood Cancer

ALL

AML

CLL

CML

HL

Myeloma

NHL

Illustration of a cancerous tumor in the breast, including the pectoralis muscles, fatty tissue, lobules, areola, nipple, and ducts

Breast Cancer

Illustration of Cancer in the lining of the colon, including the intestinal wall, blood vessels, and lymph nodes

Colon & Rectal Cancer

Illustration of Cancer in the esophagus, incliuding esophageal sphincter, esophagus, and stomach

Esophageal Cancer

Illustration of the gynecologic systemt, including fillopian tubes, uterus, vulva, cervix, vagina, endometrium, and ovaries

Gynecologic Cancer

illustration of the head and neck, nasal cavity, palate, tongue, sublingual salivary gland, larynx, parotid salivary gland, pharanx, esophagus

Head and Neck Cancer

Illustration of a tumor in the liver, including the left and right lobes, left and right hepatic ducts, gallbladder, and cystic duct

Hepatobiliary Cancer

Illustration of a cancerous mass in the lungs, including trachea, upper lobe, middle lobe, lower lobe, lymph nodes, diaphraghm, bronchi, and bronchioles

Lung Cancer

Illustration of a cancer tumor in the brain

Neurological (Central Nervous System – CNS) Cancer

Illustration of a cancerous mass in the pancreas, including gallbladder, intestive (duodenum), common duct, head, pancreatic duct, and tail

Pancreatic Cancer

Illustration of sarcoma types and their locations on the body, including angiosarcoma (malignant neoplasm in the vessel walls), osteosarcoma (tumor in a bone), Ewings' sarcoma (bone), chondrosarcoma (cartilage), gastrointestinal stromal tumor (mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract), liposarcoma (fat cells), fibrosarcoma (fibrous connective tissue), and hemangioendothelioma (vascular neoplasms)

Sarcoma

Illustration of layers of skin and their components. Pores. Melanin. Melanocyte. Melanoma. Hair Folicle. Epidermus. Dermis. Hypodermis. Muscle.

Skin Cancer

Illustration of a tumor in the stomach, including the esophagus, esophageal sphincter, fundus, and duodenum (intestine)

Stomach Cancer