Kinds of Cancer
Basic information, statistics, and what CDC is doing about some of the most common kinds of cancer in the United States.
Common Questions
Cancer: Planning for the Future
Cancer will soon become the leading cause of death in the United States. As we plan for the future, we have to ask some hard questions.
Educational Campaigns
- Bring Your Brave
- Inside Knowledge: Get the Facts About Gynecologic Cancer
- Screen for Life: National Colorectal Cancer Action Campaign
National Programs
What’s New?
- IOM report: Ovarian Cancers: Evolving Paradigms in Research and Care with support from CDC
- Podcast: Why I Got Tested for Colorectal Cancer
- Blog post: My Personal Prescription for Surviving Cancer
CDC’s Latest Cancer Research
- The impact and cost-effectiveness of nonavalent HPV vaccination in the United States
- Causes and disparities in death rates among urban American Indian and Alaska Native populations
- Use of evidence-based interventions to address disparities in colorectal cancer screening
- Worksite cancer prevention activities in the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program
- Page last reviewed: March 3, 2016
- Page last updated: March 3, 2016
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