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# Care + Career
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## [New CE series shares what you need to know about 4 common types of cancer](https://info.nhanow.com/blog/new-ce-series-tackles-the-c-word)
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Cancer. The big "C" word that unfortunately 38.4% of men and women will be diagnosed with at some point during their lifetimes, [according to the National Cancer Institute](https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics).
The numbers are staggering. In 2018, an estimated 1,735,350 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States. As a healthcare professional in any specialty, it's vital to stay up-to-date with new findings and treatments so you can best serve your patients. Because even if you don't work with patients within a cancer treatment center, you'll likely be working with cancer patients in some capacity.
In our latest Continuing Education (CE) series, two leading industry experts share some of the latest information you need to know about some of the most common types of cancer: breast cancer, bladder cancer, melanoma and ovarian cancer.
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