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THE CANCER-TYPE LIBRARY · 32 GUIDES

Understand the diagnosis. Prepare your questions.

If you have just received a diagnosis—or you are helping someone you love—you do not need to make sense of everything at once. Start with a plain-language guide to the diagnosis, staging, treatment decisions, supportive care, and questions worth taking to the next appointment.

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Gynecologic

Cervical cancer

Cervical cancer forms in the cervix, most often after a persistent infection with a high-risk human papillomavirus causes precancerous cell changes. Screening and treatment of precancer can prevent many cases, and HPV vaccination lowers…

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