Cancer guides
Start with your cancer.
Each guide pairs the plain-language symptoms post with the questions-to-ask checklist for that cancer — so you can walk into the next appointment prepared, whether you're the patient or the person sitting next to them.
Breast cancer
The most common cancer in women — highly treatable when caught early, with treatment shaped by hormone receptor and HER2 status.
Open guideLung cancer
The leading cause of cancer death in the US — early detection with low-dose CT and biomarker-driven treatment have changed the outlook dramatically.
Open guideColon cancer
One of the most preventable cancers — screening from age 45 catches most cases before they become invasive, and MSI/MMR testing shapes modern treatment.
Open guideProstate cancer
Usually silent in its early stages — most cases are found by PSA testing, and many are slow enough that active surveillance is the right first step.
Open guidePancreatic cancer
Aggressive and often diagnosed late — early treatment at a high-volume center and genetic testing meaningfully change outcomes.
Open guideLymphoma
A large family of blood cancers — exact subtype changes everything, and many indolent lymphomas are watched rather than treated right away.
Open guideOvarian cancer
Often called silent, but the symptoms are real and specific — bloating, pelvic pressure, and feeling full fast. BRCA and HRD testing now shape treatment for almost every patient.
Open guideKidney cancer
Most kidney cancers are found by accident on a scan done for something else — and small tumors have excellent outcomes with surgery or ablation.
Open guideBladder cancer
Painless blood in the urine is the classic first sign — and needs a same-week workup. Most bladder cancers are caught at a non-invasive stage that's very treatable.
Open guideLeukemia
A group of blood and bone-marrow cancers where the exact subtype (AML, ALL, CML, CLL) drives everything — from urgency of treatment to whether transplant is needed.
Open guideMelanoma
The most serious skin cancer — but early-stage melanoma has excellent outcomes, and BRAF and immunotherapy have transformed advanced disease.
Open guideThyroid cancer
Most thyroid cancers are highly treatable, and small papillary cancers may not need immediate surgery — active surveillance is a real option now.
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