About Cancer

Trustworthy information about cancer, treatments and coping with the physical, emotional and practical impacts.

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A	Mesothelioma – peritoneal
Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC)	Mesothelioma – pleural
Anal cancer	Mouth
Appendix cancer and pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP)	Myeloma
B	N
Bile duct cancer	Nasal or paranasal sinus cancer
Bladder cancer	Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs)
Blood cancer	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Bone cancer (primary)	O
Bone cancer (secondary)	Ocular (uveal) melanoma
Bowel cancer	Oesophageal cancer
Brain cancer	Ovarian cancer
Breast cancer	P
C	Pancreatic cancer
Cancer of unknown primary (CUP)	Pancreatic NETs
Cervical cancer	Penile cancer
Colorectal cancer	Pharyngeal cancer
G	Prostate cancer
Gall bladder cancer	R
H	Rare or less common cancers
Head and neck cancers	S
Hodgkin lymphoma	Salivary gland cancer
K	Skin cancer
Kidney cancer	Small bowel cancer
L	Soft tissue sarcoma
Laryngeal cancer	Spinal cord tumours
Leukaemia – acute lymphoblastic	Stomach cancer
Leukaemia – acute myeloid	T
Leukaemia – chronic lymphocytic	Testicular cancer
Leukaemia – chronic myeloid	Throat cancer
Liver cancer (primary)	Thyroid cancer
Liver cancer (secondary)	U
Lung cancer	Upper tract urothelial cancer
Lymphoma – Hodgkin	Uterine cancer (cancer of the uterus)
Lymphoma – non-Hodgkin	V
M	Vaginal cancer
Melanoma	Vulvar cancer

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Cancer resources produced in consultation with Aboriginal communities.

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A selection of useful tools and fact sheets produced in languages other than English.

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