Types of Cancer
Types list: The list of types of Cancer mentioned in various sources includes:
- Cancer type by severity:
- Benign tumor - non-cancerous tumors.
- Malignant tumor - cancerous tumors.
- Metastatic cancer - spreading of cancer beyond its initial site to lymph nodes and/or other body areas.
- Cancer type by type of tumor:
- Cancer type by common locations:
- More types of cancer:
- Adrenal Cancer
- Anal Cancer
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Ureter cancer
- Brain cancer
- Oligodendroglioma
- Neuroblastoma
- Meningioma
- Spinal Cord Tumor
- Bone cancer
- Osteochondroma
- Chondrosarcoma
- Ewing's sarcoma
- Cancer of Unknown Primary Site
- Carcinoid
- Carcinoid of Gastrointestinal Tract
- Fibrosarcoma
- Breast Cancer
- Paget's Disease
- Cervical Cancer
- Colorectal cancer
- Rectal cancer
- Esophagus Cancer
- Gall Bladder Cancer
- Head Cancer
- Eye cancer
- Neck Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Wilms' tumor
- Liver cancer
- Kaposi's Sarcoma
- Prostate Cancer
- Lung cancer
- Testicular Cancer
- Hodgkin's Disease
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Oral cancer
- Skin Cancer
- Mesothelioma
- Multiple Myeloma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Endocrine pancreatic cancer
- Glucagonoma
- Pancreatic cancer
- Parathyroid Cancer
- Penis Cancer
- Pituitary Cancer
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Retinoblastoma
- Small Intestine Cancer
- Stomach cancer
- Thymus Cancer
- Thyroid cancer
- Trophoblastic Cancer
- Hydatidiform mole
- Uterine Cancer
- Endometrial Cancer
- Vagina cancer
- Vulva cancer
- Acoustic Neurinoma
- Mycosis fungoides
- Insulinoma
- Carcinoid syndrome
- Somatostatinoma
Types discussion: Benign tumors are not cancer. They can often be removed and, in most cases, they do not come back. Cells from benign tumors do not spread to other parts of the body. Most important, benign tumors are rarely a threat to life.1
Malignant tumors are cancer. Cells in these tumors are abnormal and divide without control or order. They can invade and damage nearby tissues and organs. Also, cancer cells can break away from a malignant tumor and enter the bloodstream or the lymphatic system. That is how cancer spreads from the original cancer site to form new tumors in other organs. The spread of cancer is called metastasis.
Leukemia and lymphoma are cancers that arise in blood-forming cells. The abnormal cells circulate in the bloodstream and lymphatic system. They may also invade (infiltrate) body organs and form tumors.
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Footnotes:
1. excerpt from What You Need To Know About Cancer - An Overview: NCI
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