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PDQ Cancer Information Summaries
Bethesda (MD): National Cancer Institute (US); 2002-.
The PDQ cancer information summaries are peer-reviewed, evidence-based summaries on topics including adult and pediatric cancer treatment, supportive and palliative care, screening, prevention, genetics, and complementary and alternative medicine. There are versions for patients and professionals. The summaries come from the National Cancer Institute's comprehensive cancer database, PDQ (Physician Data Query).
Contents
Genetics
- Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome (PDQ®)
- BRCA1 and BRCA2: Cancer Risks and Management (PDQ®)
- Cancer Genetics Overview (PDQ®)
- Cancer Genetics Risk Assessment and Counseling (PDQ®)
- CEBPA-Associated Familial Acute Myeloid Leukemia (PDQ®)
- DDX41-Associated Myeloid Malignancies (PDQ®)
- Gastric Adenocarcinoma and Proximal Polyposis of the Stomach (GAPPS) (PDQ®)
- GATA2 Deficiency Syndrome (PDQ®)
- Genetics of Breast and Gynecologic Cancers (PDQ®)
- Genetics of Colorectal Cancer (PDQ®)
- Genetics of Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Neoplasias (PDQ®)
- Genetics of Gastric Cancer (PDQ®)
- Genetics of Hereditary Hematologic Malignancies (PDQ®)
- Genetics of Prostate Cancer (PDQ®)
- Genetics of Skin Cancer (PDQ®)
- Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer (PDQ®)
- Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Cancer (PDQ®)
- Hereditary Papillary Renal Carcinoma (PDQ®)
- Levels of Evidence for Cancer Genetics Studies (PDQ®)
- MBD4-Associated Neoplasia Syndrome (PDQ®)
- RUNX1-Familial Platelet Disorder (PDQ®)
- Von Hippel-Lindau Disease (PDQ®)
Genetics of Renal Cell Carcinoma (PDQ®)
Integrative, alternative, and complementary therapies
- Levels of Evidence for Human Studies of Integrative, Alternative, and Complementary Therapies (PDQ®)
714-X (PDQ®)
Acupuncture (PDQ®)
Antineoplastons (PDQ®)
Aromatherapy With Essential Oils (PDQ®)
Black Cohosh (PDQ®)
Cancell/Cantron/Protocel (PDQ®)
Cancer Therapy Interactions With Foods and Dietary Supplements (PDQ®)
Cannabis and Cannabinoids (PDQ®)
Cartilage (Bovine and Shark) (PDQ®)
Coenzyme Q10 (PDQ®)
Curcumin (Curcuma, Turmeric) and Cancer (PDQ®)
Essiac/Flor Essence (PDQ®)
Gerson Therapy (PDQ®)
Gonzalez Regimen (PDQ®)
Hydrazine Sulfate (PDQ®)
Intravenous Vitamin C (PDQ®)
Laetrile/Amygdalin (PDQ®)
Medicinal Mushrooms (PDQ®)
Milk Thistle (PDQ®)
Mistletoe Extracts (PDQ®)
Newcastle Disease Virus (PDQ®)
PC-SPES (PDQ®)
Prostate Cancer, Nutrition, and Dietary Supplements (PDQ®)
Selected Vegetables/Sun's Soup (PDQ®)
Prevention
- Cervical Cancer Causes, Risk Factors, and Prevention
- Cervical Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)
- Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Prevention
- Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)
- Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Causes and Risk Factors
- Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)
Anal Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)
Breast Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)
Cancer Prevention Overview (PDQ®)
Cigarette Smoking: Health Risks and How to Quit (PDQ®)
Colorectal Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)
Endometrial Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)
Esophageal Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)
Lung Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)
Oral Cavity, Oropharyngeal, Hypopharyngeal, and Laryngeal Cancers Prevention (PDQ®)
Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal Cancers Prevention (PDQ®)
Prostate Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)
Skin Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)
Screening
- Bladder and Other Urothelial Cancers Screening
- Bladder and Other Urothelial Cancers Screening (PDQ®)
- Cervical Cancer Screening
- Cervical Cancer Screening (PDQ®)
- Levels of Evidence for Cancer Screening and Prevention Studies (PDQ®)
- Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Screening
- Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Screening (PDQ®)
- Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Screening
- Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Screening (PDQ®)
Breast Cancer Screening (PDQ®)
Cancer Screening Overview (PDQ®)
Colorectal Cancer Screening (PDQ®)
Endometrial Cancer Screening (PDQ®)
Esophageal Cancer Screening (PDQ®)
Lung Cancer Screening (PDQ®)
Neuroblastoma Screening (PDQ®)
Oral Cavity and Nasopharyngeal Cancers Screening (PDQ®)
Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal Cancers Screening (PDQ®)
Prostate Cancer Screening (PDQ®)
Skin Cancer Screening (PDQ®)
Testicular Cancer Screening (PDQ®)
Thyroid Cancer Screening (PDQ®)
Supportive care
- Cancer Fatigue
- Fatigue (PDQ®)
- Gastrointestinal Complications
- Gastrointestinal Complications (PDQ®)
- Hospice (PDQ®)
- Levels of Evidence for Supportive and Palliative Care Studies (PDQ®)
- Lymphedema
- Lymphedema (PDQ®)
- Nausea and Vomiting Related to Cancer Treatment
- Nausea and Vomiting Related to Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
- Nutrition in Cancer Care
- Nutrition in Cancer Care (PDQ®)
- Symptom Clusters in Cancer (PDQ®)
Adjustment to Cancer: Anxiety and Distress (PDQ®)
Cancer Pain (PDQ®)
Cancer-Related Post-Traumatic Stress (PDQ®)
Cardiopulmonary Syndromes (PDQ®)
Cognitive Impairment in Adults With Cancer (PDQ®)
Communication in Cancer Care (PDQ®)
Depression (PDQ®)
Grief, Bereavement, and Coping With Loss (PDQ®)
Hot Flashes and Night Sweats (PDQ®)
Informal Caregivers in Cancer: Roles, Burden, and Support (PDQ®)
Last Days of Life (PDQ®)
Oral Complications of Cancer Therapies (PDQ®)
Planning the Transition to End-of-Life Care in Advanced Cancer (PDQ®)
Pruritus (PDQ®)
Sleep Disorders (PDQ®)
Spirituality in Cancer Care (PDQ®)
Treatment
- Adult Primary Liver Cancer Treatment
- Agnostic Cancer Therapies (PDQ®)
- B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment (PDQ®)
- Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma) Treatment
- Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma) Treatment (PDQ®)
- Bladder Cancer Treatment
- Bladder Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
- Cervical Cancer Treatment
- Cervical Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Astrocytomas Treatment
- Childhood Astrocytomas, Other Gliomas, and Glioneuronal/Neuronal Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Bladder Cancer Treatment
- Childhood Bladder Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Summary Index (PDQ®)
- Childhood Cancer Genomics (PDQ®)
- Childhood Cervical and Vaginal Cancer Treatment
- Childhood Cervical and Vaginal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Ependymoma
- Childhood Ependymoma Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Laryngeal Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Laryngeal Tumors (PDQ®)
- Childhood Liver Cancer Treatment
- Childhood Liver Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Myelodysplastic Neoplasms Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Myeloid Proliferations Associated With Down Syndrome Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Oral Cavity Cancer (PDQ®)
- Childhood Oral Cavity Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Ovarian Cancer (PDQ®)
- Childhood Ovarian Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Pleuropulmonary Blastoma Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Pulmonary Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Salivary Gland Tumors (PDQ®)
- Childhood Salivary Gland Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Treatment
- Childhood Testicular Cancer (PDQ®)
- Childhood Testicular Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Thyroid Cancer (PDQ®)
- Childhood Thyroid Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
- Childhood Tracheobronchial Tumors (PDQ®)
- Childhood Tracheobronchial Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
- Complications, Graft-Versus-Host Disease, and Late Effects After Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (PDQ®)
- Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)
- Gastric Cancer Treatment
- Gastric Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
- Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®)
- Levels of Evidence for Adult and Pediatric Cancer Treatment Studies (PDQ®)
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment (PDQ®)
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment During Pregnancy (PDQ®)
- Pediatric Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (PDQ®)
- Pediatric Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (PDQ®)
- Pediatric Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapy (PDQ®)
- Pediatric Gastric Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
- Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy for Cancer (PDQ®)
- Peripheral T-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment (PDQ®)
- Pleuropulmonary Blastoma (PDQ®)
- Primary Liver Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
- Rhabdoid Tumor Predisposition Syndrome Type 1 (PDQ®)
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®)
Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®)
Adrenocortical Carcinoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Adult Central Nervous System Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
AIDS-Related Lymphoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Anal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Breast Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Breast Cancer Treatment During Pregnancy (PDQ®)
Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Adrenocortical Carcinoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Breast Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Cardiac Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Chordoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Colorectal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Craniopharyngioma Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Esophageal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Esthesioneuroblastoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Intraocular (Uveal) Melanoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Medulloblastoma and Other Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Melanoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Mesothelioma Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) Syndromes Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Nasopharyngeal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood NUT Carcinoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Pancreatic Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Soft Tissue Sarcoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Childhood Vascular Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®)
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®)
Colon Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Endometrial Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Esophageal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Ewing Sarcoma and Undifferentiated Small Round Cell Sarcomas of Bone and Soft Tissue Treatment (PDQ®)
Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Financial Toxicity and Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Gallbladder Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Treatment (PDQ®)
Hairy Cell Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®)
Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Hypopharyngeal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Intraocular (Uveal) Melanoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Kaposi Sarcoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Treatment (PDQ®)
Laryngeal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer (PDQ®)
Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Male Breast Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Malignant Mesothelioma Treatment (PDQ®)
Melanoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Merkel Cell Carcinoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer With Occult Primary Treatment (PDQ®)
Mycosis Fungoides and Other Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphomas Treatment (PDQ®)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes Treatment (PDQ®)
Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Treatment (PDQ®)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Treatment (PDQ®)
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Neuroblastoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Oropharyngeal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Osteosarcoma and Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma of Bone Treatment (PDQ®)
Ovarian Borderline Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Ovarian Epithelial, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Pancreatic Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (Islet Cell Tumors) Treatment (PDQ®)
Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Parathyroid Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Pediatric Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Penile Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma Treatment (PDQ®)
Pituitary Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Plasma Cell Neoplasms (Including Multiple Myeloma) Treatment (PDQ®)
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Prostate Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Rare Cancers of Childhood Treatment (PDQ®)
Rectal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Renal Cell Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Retinoblastoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Salivary Gland Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Skin Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Small Intestine Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Soft Tissue Sarcoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Testicular Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Thyroid Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter Treatment (PDQ®)
Urethral Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Uterine Sarcoma Treatment (PDQ®)
Vaginal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Vulvar Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
Wilms Tumor and Other Childhood Kidney Tumors Treatment (PDQ®)
Last Update: November 5, 2024.
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