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Each section has detailed information about symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, research and coping with cancer.</p> <p>If you are not sure which cancer section you need, go to the <a href="/about-cancer/cancer-in-general" rel="nofollow">General cancer information</a> section for general information, or check with your doctor or nurse.</p> <label class="filter-label" for="index-search"><label class="filter-label" for="index-search">A to Z list of cancer types</label></label> <div class="view-content"> <form> <div class="input-group col-md-6"> <input type="text" class="form-control index-search" placeholder="Start typing ..."> <span class="input-group-btn"> <button class="btn btn-default btn-reset" type="reset"><span class="sr-only">Reset</span><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove" aria-hidden="true"></span></button> </span> </div> </form> <ul class="list item-list list-unstyled"> <li class="index-item"><h2 class="index-category">A</h2> <ul class="child-item-list list-unstyled"> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/acute-lymphoblastic-leukaemia-all">Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/childrens-cancer/acute-lymphoblastic-leukaemia">Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in children</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/acute-myeloid-leukaemia-aml">Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/adrenal-gland-cancer">Adrenal gland tumours</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/anal-cancer">Anal cancer</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="index-item"><h2 class="index-category">B</h2> <ul class="child-item-list list-unstyled"> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/skin-cancer">Basal cell skin cancer</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/bile-duct-cancer">Bile duct cancer</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/bladder-cancer">Bladder cancer</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/blood-cancers">Blood cancers</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/bone-cancer">Bone cancer</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/bowel-cancer">Bowel cancer</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/brain-tumours">Brain tumours</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/childrens-cancer/brain-tumours">Brain tumours in children</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/breast-cancer">Breast cancer</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/breast-cancer/types/male-breast-cancer">Breast cancer in men</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="index-item"><h2 class="index-category">C</h2> <ul class="child-item-list list-unstyled"> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/cancer-unknown-primary-cup">Cancer of unknown primary (CUP)</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/secondary-cancer/secondary-bone-cancer">Cancer spread to bone</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/secondary-cancer/secondary-brain-cancer">Cancer spread to brain</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/secondary-cancer/secondary-liver-cancer">Cancer spread to liver</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/secondary-cancer/secondary-lung-cancer">Cancer spread to lung</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/carcinoid">Carcinoid</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/cervical-cancer">Cervical cancer</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/childrens-cancer">Children's cancers</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/bile-duct-cancer">Cholangiocarcinoma</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/chronic-lymphocytic-leukaemia-cll">Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/chronic-myeloid-leukaemia-cml">Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML)</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/chronic-myelomonocytic-leukaemia-cmml">Chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (CMML)</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/bowel-cancer">Colorectal cancer</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="index-item"><h2 class="index-category">E</h2> <ul class="child-item-list list-unstyled"> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/head-neck-cancer/cancer-of-the-ear">Ear cancer</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/womb-cancer">Endometrial cancer</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/essential-thrombocythaemia">Essential Thrombocythaemia (ET)</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/eye-cancer">Eye cancer</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="index-item"><h2 class="index-category">F</h2> <ul class="child-item-list list-unstyled"> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/soft-tissue-sarcoma/types/follicular-dendritic-cell-fdc-sarcoma">Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="index-item"><h2 class="index-category">G</h2> <ul class="child-item-list list-unstyled"> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/gallbladder-cancer">Gallbladder cancer</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/stomach-cancer">Gastric cancer</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/gastro-oesophageal-junction-cancer">Gastro oesophageal junction cancers</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/germ-cell-tumours">Germ cell tumours</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/gestational-trophoblastic-disease-gtd">Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="index-item"><h2 class="index-category">H</h2> <ul class="child-item-list list-unstyled"> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/hairy-cell-leukaemia">Hairy cell leukaemia</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/head-neck-cancer">Head and neck cancer</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/hodgkin-lymphoma">Hodgkin lymphoma</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="index-item"><h2 class="index-category">I</h2> <ul class="child-item-list list-unstyled"> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/gestational-trophoblastic-disease-gtd/invasive-mole-choriocarcinoma">Invasive mole and choriocarcinomas</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="index-item"><h2 class="index-category">J</h2> <ul class="child-item-list list-unstyled"> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/childrens-cancer/juvenile-myelomonocytic-leukaemia-jmml">Juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia (JMML)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="index-item"><h2 class="index-category">K</h2> <ul class="child-item-list list-unstyled"> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/soft-tissue-sarcoma/types/which-treatments-are-used-for-kaposis-sarcoma">Kaposi's sarcoma</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/kidney-cancer">Kidney cancer</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="index-item"><h2 class="index-category">L</h2> <ul class="child-item-list list-unstyled"> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/neuroendocrine-tumours-nets/large-bowel-rectal-nets">Large bowel and rectal neuroendocrine tumours</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/laryngeal-cancer">Laryngeal cancer</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/leukaemia">Leukaemia</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/stomach-cancer/getting-diagnosed/types-and-grades/linitis-plastica-of-the-stomach">Linitis plastica of the stomach</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/liver-cancer">Liver cancer</a></li> <li class="child-index-item"><a href="/about-cancer/lung-cancer">Lung 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