What to know
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Types of Cancer
Smoking is the most important risk factor for bladder cancer.
Talk to your doctor about when to start and how often to get a screening mammogram.
Screening tests and the HPV vaccine can help prevent cervical cancer.
If you are 45 years old or older, get screened for colorectal cancer.
Learn about cancers that start in a woman’s reproductive organs.
These cancers start in the head and throat, not including the brain or eyes.
To lower your risk of kidney cancer, keep a healthy weight and don’t smoke.
You can lower your risk of getting liver cancer in several ways.
Cigarette smoking is the number one cause of lung cancer.
Mesothelioma forms in the tissue that lines several internal organs.
Myeloma, also called multiple myeloma, is a cancer of the plasma cells.
Learn about the symptoms and what you can do to reduce your risk.
Learn about the possible benefits and harms of screening and talk to your doctor.
To lower your skin cancer risk, protect your skin from the sun and avoid tanning.
Several factors may increase the chance that you will get uterine cancer.
Vaginal and vulvar cancers are rare, but all women are at risk for these cancers.