Cancer Insight Lab
Education

Cancer basics, in plain language

Three connected topics — cancer types, biomarkers, and the medicines used to treat cancer.

Teen-friendly · plain language

Cancer types

What each cancer is, where it starts, and how it behaves.

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Respiratory · Lung
Lung Cancer
Reproductive · Breast
Breast Cancer
Digestive · Colon / Rectum
Colorectal Cancer
Reproductive · Prostate
Prostate Cancer
Digestive · Stomach
Stomach Cancer
Digestive · Liver
Liver Cancer

Biomarkers

Genes and proteins doctors test to guide treatment.

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Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2
HER2
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
EGFR
Breast Cancer gene 1 and 2
BRCA1 / BRCA2
Programmed Death-Ligand 1
PD-L1
Kirsten Rat Sarcoma viral oncogene
KRAS

Cancer medicines

Common drug classes and how they work — no dosing advice.

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Irreversible EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor
Osimertinib
Anti–PD-1 humanized monoclonal antibody
Pembrolizumab
HER2-directed monoclonal antibody
Trastuzumab
Selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM)
Tamoxifen