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Information about types of rare cancers.
Blood Cell Cancers
Information about different types of blood cell cancers, including symptoms, diagnosis and treatments.
ACS: Ewing's Family of Tumors
The American Cancer Society provides a Resource Center of comprehensive information, publications, latest research, and links. Click on "Choose a Cancer Topic" and select Ewing's Family of Tumors.
Glioma Treatment Research
Information about glioma brain cancers including their symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments.
What is Inflammatory Breast Cancer?
The About.com Guide to Breast Cancer gives all the information about this type of cancer.
CancerNet - Liver Cancer
Discusses treatment, clinical trials, offers information, support, and literature.
About.com Lymphoma: What is Lymphoma?
Information about lymphoma from the About.com Guide to Lymphoma.
Malignant Melanoma
Article looks at malignant melanoma (skin cancer), its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Mycosis Fungoides
Article describes mycosis fungoides, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Multiple Myeloma
Information about multiple myeloma (blood cell cancer), its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
CancerNet - Osteosarcoma
Discusses treatment, clinical trials, offers information, support, and literature.
CancerNet - Pheochromocytoma
Information on all aspects of the disease.
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer will affect 32,180 Americans in 2005. This year, about 31,800 Americans will die from the disease. The About.com Guide to Cancer provides the details of the disease.
CancerNet - Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma
Discusses treatment, clinical trials, offers information, support, and literature.
CancerNet - Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Discusses treatment, clinical trials, offers information, support, and literature.
CancerNet - Stomach (Gastric) Cancer
Discusses treatment, clinical trials, offers information, support, and literature.
MEDLINEplus: Thymus Cancer
Links to information about this cancer.
Thyroid Cancer: The Children of Chernobyl
Article examines the high rates of thyroid cancer in children from the Chernobyl, Ukraine area, and discusses the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease.
Wilms' Tumor
Article describes Wilms' tumor (a kidney cancer), its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

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