Contact Nurse – your support in cancer care
You can get the support of a contact nurse if you are being investigated or treated for cancer. This is…
What is Cancer?
Cancer is a collective name for many different diseases that can occur in different parts of the body. Cancer diseases…
Frequently asked questions about cancer
There are about 200 cancers. Some have early and clear symptoms. Others are not detected until the cancer disease has…
Melanoma Eye
Eye melanoma is cancer of the eye. Most often the disease is treated with radiation.
Bladder cancer
Urinary bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers. Treatment can vary widely between people, depending on how the…
Testicular Cancer
Testicular cancer is an uncommon cancer disease. Most people get rid of the disease after treatment, even though the disease…
Thyroid cancer
The thyroid gland sits on the front of the throat and produces hormones that control metabolism, among other things. The…
Sarcoma
Sarcoma is the collective name for about 50 different cancers. Common to the diseases is that they occur somewhere in…
Kidney cancer
Kidney cancer is a serious illness, but knowledge about the disease has increased and treatments have improved in recent years.
Stomach cancer
Gastric cancer means that a cancerous tumor has started to grow in the lining of the stomach. There are good…
Pleural cancer
Lung sack cancer is an uncommon disease that is usually due to the fact that you have been breathing in…
Lung cancer
You can get rid of the disease if it is detected early. Lung cancer is unusual before the age of…
Leukemia – blood cancer
Leukemia is a collective name for several different cancers in the bone marrow where the blood is formed. The treatment…
Bile Duct
Gallbladder cancer is unusual. About 400 people a year get the disease. Most are over 65. Cancer of the biliary…
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is quite uncommon. About 1300 people a year get the disease. Most are over 70 years old. Pancreatic…
Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer after prostate cancer. There are different types of breast cancer. Most…
Wilms Tumor – Kidney Cancer in Children
Most people who get the kidney cancer form Wilms tumor, also called nephroblastoma, are young children between one and five…
Retinoblastoma – Eye Cancer in Children
Retinoblastoma is an unusual form of childhood cancer that occurs in the retina of the eye. The disease is often…
Lymph Node Cancer in Children
Lymph node cancer is also called lymphoma. There are mainly two types of lymphoma in children and adolescents: Hodgkin's lymphoma…
Liver Cancer in Children
It is unusual for children to get liver cancer and usually children do not get the same kind of liver…
What is Cancer Rehabilitation?
Most people with cancer need rehabilitation at least sometime. Cancer rehabilitation is all that can make life as good as…