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Los sumarios sobre el tratamiento del cáncer en niños aparecen en una página por separado. |
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PDQ®: preguntas y respuestas |
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Grados de comprobación científica de los estudios sobre el
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Ano, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Células de los islotes (páncreas endocrino), tumores de [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Células germinales, tumores extragondales de [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Células germinales del ovario, tumores de [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Células pilosas, leucemia de [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Células renales, cáncer de [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Cerebrales en adultos, tumores [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Colon, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Corteza suprarrenal, carcinoma de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Cuello, cáncer escamoso metastásico del, con tumor primario oculto [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Cuello uterino, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Endometrio, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Esófago, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Estómago, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Feocromocitoma [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Gastrointestinales, tumores carcinoides [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Glándula salival, cáncer de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Glándula pituitaria, tumores de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Hígado, cáncer primario en adultos [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Hipofaringe, cáncer de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Hodgkin en adultos, linfoma de [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Intestino delgado, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Kaposi, sarcoma de [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Labio y la cavidad oral, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Laringe, cáncer de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Leucemia de células pilosas [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Leucemia linfoblástica aguda en adultos [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Leucemia linfocítica crónica [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Leucemia mieloide aguda en adultos [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Leucemia mielógena crónica [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Linfoma del sistema nervioso central, primario [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Linfoma de Hodgkin en adultos [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Linfoma no Hodgkin en adultos [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Linfoma relacionado con el SIDA [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Melanoma [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Melanoma intraocular (ojos) [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Merkel, carcinoma de células de [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Mesotelioma maligno [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Micosis fungoide y el síndrome de Sezary [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Mielodisplásicas y mieloproliferativas, enfermedades
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Mielodisplásicos, síndromes [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Mieloma múltiple y otras neoplasias de células plasmáticas [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Mieloproliferativos crónicos, trastornos [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Nasofaringe, cáncer de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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No Hodgkin en adultos, linfoma [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Ojos, melanoma intraocular [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Orofaringe, cáncer de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Ovarios, tumores de bajo potencial maligno [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Ovarios, tumors de células germinales de [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Ovarios, cáncer epitelial de [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Páncreas, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Páncreas endocrino, tumores de células de los islotes [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Paratiroides, cáncer de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Pelvis renal (riñón) y del uréter, cáncer de las células de transición de [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Pene, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Piel, cáncer de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Pituitaria, tumores de la glándula [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Primario desconocido, carcinoma de [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Próstata, cáncer de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Pulmón de células pequeñas, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Pulmón de células no pequeñas, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Recto, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Riñón, cáncer de células de transición de pelvis renal y del uréter [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Riñón, cáncer de células renales [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Salival, cáncer de la glándula [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Sarcoma de Kaposi [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Sarcoma de tejido blando en adultos [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Sarcoma uterino [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Seno (mama), cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Seno (mama) masculino, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Seno (mama) y el embarazo, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Seno paranasal y de la cavidad nasal, cáncer del [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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SIDA, linfoma relacionado con el [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Tejido blando en adultos, sarcoma de [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Testículo, cáncer de [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Timoma y carcinoma tímico [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Tiroides, cáncer de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Trofoblásticos de la gestación, tumores [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Uretra, cáncer de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Uterino, sarcoma [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Vagina, cáncer de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Vejiga, cáncer de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Vesícula biliar, cáncer de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Vías biliares extrahepáticas, cáncer de las [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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Vulva, cáncer de la [ pacientes ] [ profesionales ] |
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