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About Cancer

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How Cancer Affects Your Self-Image and Sexuality

Cancer can affect your body image and sex life. Learn ways to manage changes that may come.
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What Is Bladder Cancer?

Learn about symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment for this common cancer.
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Targeted Therapy

Treatment that targets the changes in cancer cells that help them grow, divide, and spread.

Your Guide to Cancer

Cancer Basics

Newly Diagnosed

Treatment

Learn more about treatment

Coping with Cancer

Supportive information on managing the physical and emotional effects of cancer and treatment for both patients and caregivers.

Advanced Cancer

Information to help with talking about and coping with advanced cancer, making choices about care, and planning for the end of life.

Managing Cancer Care

Information on choosing a doctor or treatment facility, home care, financial help, insurance coverage, end-of-life planning, and resources to help you avoid scams.

Leukemia Statistics | Did You Know?

Learn about the different types of leukemia plus the rates of new cases and survival in the United States.