Overview of Cancer

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• Overview of Cancer
  • What is cancer?
  • Why does cancer kill you?
  • Where in your body can you get cancer?
  • What are the most common cancers?

• Defenses Against Cancer
  • How does your body defend against cancer?
  • Why do the body’s defenses sometimes fail?

• Development and Spread of Cancer
  • How does cancer start?
  • How does cancer spread?

• Diagnosis of Cancer
  • How do doctors diagnose cancer?
  • What tests can screen for cancer?
  • What tests can diagnose cancer?
    • Staging tests

• Paraneoplastic Syndromes
  • What is a paraneoplastic syndrome?
  • What are the symptoms of paraneoplastic syndromes?
    • General symptoms
    • Skin symptoms
    • Neurologic (brain, spinal cord, and nerve) symptoms
    • Endocrine (hormone system) symptoms
    • Other symptoms

• Risk Factors for Cancer
  • What are genetic risk factors for cancer?
  • What are environmental risk factors for cancer?
  • What are other risk factors for cancer?

• Symptoms of Cancer
  • What are the symptoms of cancer?
    • Pain
    • Bleeding and blood clots
    • Weight loss and feeling weak
    • Muscle and brain symptoms
    • Lung symptoms

• Warning Signs of Cancer
  • What are the warning signs of cancer?