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.
A
Adrenal tumors
B
Bile duct cancer
Bladder cancer
- What is bladder cancer?
- Anatomy
- Causes, risk fators and prevention
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
Bone cancer
- What are bone cancers?
- Bone anatomy
- Chondrosarcoma
- Ewing sarcoma (Adult)
- Ewing sarcoma (Pediatric)
- Osteosarcoma (Adult)
- Osteogenic sarcoma (Pediatric)
Brain tumors (Adult)
- What is a brain tumor?
- Types of brain tumors
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
Brain tumors (Pediatric)
- 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
- Breast cancer
- Statistics and anatomy
- Causes, risk factors and genetics
- Signs and symptoms
- Self-examination
- Mammograms
- Diagnosis and staging
Breast cancer in men
Breast cancer treatment
- Breast cancer treatment
- Breast reconstruction
- Post-treatment lymphedema
- Post-mastectomy prosthesis
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Hormone therapy
C
Cardiac sarcoma
Cervical cancer
- What is cervical cancer?
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- HPV and Pap tests
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
Colorectal cancer
- What is colorectal cancer?
- Causes and risk factors
- Prevention
- Screening guidelines
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
E
Endometrial cancer
- What is endrometrial cancer?
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
Esophageal cancer
- What is esophageal cancer?
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
G
Germ cell tumors (Pediatric)
- What are germ cell tumors?
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
Gynecologic cancers
- What are gynecologic cancers?
- Anatomy
- Screening/Pap testing
- Cervical cancer
- Endometrial cancer
- Ovarian
- Uterine
- Vaginal
- Vulvar
H
Head and neck cancer
- What is head and neck cancer?
- Causes and risk factors
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment and survival
- The future
Hepatoblastoma
- What is hepatoblastoma?
- Causes and risk factors
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
K
Kidney (renal cell) cancer
L
Laryngeal cancer
Leukemias (Adult)
- What is adult leukemia?
- Acute lymphocytic
- Chronic lymphocytic
- Acute myelogenous
- Chronic myelogenous
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
Leukemias (Pediatric)
Liver cancer (Metastatic)
Liver cancer (Primary)
- What is primary liver cancer?
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
- Other types of liver cancer
Liver cancer (Tumors)
Liver transplantation
Lung cancer
Lymphoma (Hodgkin's adult)
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
M
Multiple myeloma
N
Neuroblastoma (Pediatric)
- What is neuroblastoma?
- Causes and risk factors
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
O
Oral cancer
- What is oral cancer?
- Types of oral cancer
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
Osteogenic sarcoma (Pediatric)
Ovarian cancer
- What is ovarian cancer?
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
P
Pancreatic cancer
Parathyroid tumors
Pediatric
- Brain tumors
- Ewing sarcoma
- Germ cell tumors
- Hepatoblastoma
- Leukemias
- Lymphoma (Hodgkin’s)
- Lymphoma (Non-Hodgkin’s)
- Neuroblastoma
- Osteogenic sarcoma
- Retinoblastoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Wilms tumor
Pediatric oncology
Pituitary tumors
Prostate cancer
- Information on prostate cancer
- Signs and symptoms
- Causes, risk factors and prevention
- Diagnostic procedures
- Treatment options
- Long-term outlook
R
Retinoblastoma (Pediatric)
- What is retinoblastoma?
- Causes and risk factors
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
Rhabdomyosarcoma
- What is rhabdomyosarcoma?
- Causes and risk factors
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis and staging
- Treatment
- Long-term outlook
S
Sickle cell disease
Skin cancer information
Skin cancer types
- 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
Stomach cancer
T
Testicular cancer
Thyroid tumors
- What are thyroid tumors?
- Anatomy of the thyroid gland
- Types of thyroid tumors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
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