This is a general overview of what cancer is, what causes it, how healthcare providers treat it and how you can take care of yourself throughout your journey.
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Multiple myeloma happens when healthy plasma cells become abnormal cells that multiply and produce abnormal antibodies.
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Kidney disease means your kidneys aren’t working properly and are beginning to lose their function.
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Skin cancer happens when something changes how your skin cells grow, like exposure to ultraviolet light.
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Cancer prevention can be achieved by avoiding risk factors, eating healthy, exercising, and getting vaccinated
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are considered as professional antigen presenting cells (APCs), containing a variety of subsets, that can be resident in organs or migrating among the lymphoid and non-lymphoid organs.
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Kidney cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in your kidney tissue. In time, these cells form a mass called a tumor. Cancer begins when something triggers a change in the cells.
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Oral cancer (mouth cancer) affects the tissues in your mouth and throat. Left untreated, oral cancer can be life-threatening.
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Colon cancer develops from polyps in your colon’s inner lining. Screening tests and newer treatments are helping more people survive colon cancer.
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Breast cancer happens when breast cells turn into cancerous cells that multiply and form tumors. Providers can treat breast cancer, but it may come back.
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Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the U.S. It’s caused by harmful cells in your lungs growing unchecked. Several treatment options are available.
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Liver cancer is a life-threatening malignant (cancerous) tumor in your liver. Your liver is the largest organ in your body
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Adrenal cancer occurs when cells in your adrenal glands mutate (change) and grow, forming a tumor.
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“Bone cancer” is the term for several different cancers that develop in your bones.
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Multiple myeloma happens when healthy plasma cells become abnormal cells that multiply and produce abnormal antibodies.
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Gallbladder cancer is a rare form of cancer that often doesn’t cause signs or symptoms in the early stages.
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Eye cancers start in the cells inside your eyeball and in nearby structures, like your eyelids and tear ducts.
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Prostate cancer develops in the prostate, a small walnut-shaped gland located below the bladder and in front of the rectum in males.
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