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What is Cancer:
Cancer is a group of more than 100 different diseases characterized by the uncontrolled, abnormal growth of cells. These cells form a lump or mass called a tumor. This section contains information about cancer.
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Statistics:
This section contains general statistics about cancer, as well as explains different types of cancer statistics and how they can be used to evaluate a person's risk of cancer or prognosis.
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Risk Factors:
A risk factor is anything that increases a person's chance of developing a disease, such as cancer. This section provides an overview of risk factors.
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Genetics:
Genetics is the study of how traits and diseases are inherited from one generation to the next. This section provides information on genetics and cancer, genetic testing, and genetic information for individual cancer types.
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Prevention:
It is estimated that one-third of deaths from cancer can be prevented. Learn about ways to prevent and lower your risk of cancer, including information about chemoprevention, cancer screening, diet and nutrition, physical activity, tobacco, and weight control, based on information from the ASCO Curriculum Cancer Prevention.
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Early Detection and Screening:
Early detection and cancer screening are two important areas for cancer treatment. Cancer treatment is more likely to be successful when the cancer is diagnosed before it has spread.
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Staging:
Staging is the process of describing the size and location of the tumor(s) and whether the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. This section provides an overview of staging.
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Clinical Trials:
Information on clinical trials and patient safety, steps involved in the research process, questions to ask the research team, and links to find cancer clinical trials.
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