Types of Cancer

There are over a hundred different types of cancer diagnosed each year, affecting different parts of the body.

Types of Cancer Affecting the Bones

* Ewing's Sarcoma
* Osteosarcoma

Types of Cancer Affecting the Brain

* Brain Stem Glioma, Childhood
* Cerebellar Astrocytoma, Childhood
* Cerebral Astrocytoma/Malignant Glioma, Childhood
* Ependymoma, Childhood
* Medulloblastoma, Childhood
* Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors and Pineoblastoma, Childhood
* Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma, Childhood

Types of Cancer Affecting the Breast

* Breast Cancer
* Male Breast Cancer

Types of Cancer Affeccting the Digestive/Gastrointestinal System

* Anal Cancer
* Bile Duct Cancer, Extrahepatic
* Carcinoid Tumor, Gastrointestinal
* Colon Cancer
* Esophageal Cancer
* Gallbladder Cancer
* Liver Cancer, Adult Primary
* Liver Cancer, Childhood[
* Pancreatic Cancer
* Rectal Cancer
* Small Intestine Cancer
* Stomach (Gastric) Cancer

Types of Cancer Affecting the Endocrine System

* Adrenocortical Carcinoma
* Carcinoid Tumor, Gastrointestinal
* Islet Cell Carcinoma (Endocrine Pancreas)
* Parathyroid Cancer
* Pheochromocytoma
* Pituitary Tumor
* Thyroid Cancer

Types of Cancer Affecting the Eyes

* Melanoma, Intraocular
* Retinoblastoma

Genitourinary Cancers

* Bladder Cancer
* Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer
* Penile Cancer
* Prostate Cancer
* Renal Pelvis and Ureter Cancer, Transitional Cell
* Testicular Cancer
* Urethral Cancer
* Wilms' Tumor and Other Childhood Kidney Tumors

Gynecologic Cancers

* Cervical Cancer
* Endometrial Cancer
* Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
* Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
* Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
* Ovarian Low Malignant Potential Tumor
* Uterine Sarcoma
* Vaginal Cancer
* Vulvar Cancer

Types of Cancer Affecting the Head and Neck

* Hypopharyngeal Cancer
* Laryngeal Cancer
* Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer
* Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary
* Nasopharyngeal Cancer
* Oropharyngeal Cancer
* Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Cancer
* Parathyroid Cancer
* Salivary Gland Cancer

Types of Cancer Affecting the Blood/Hematologic System

Leukemia

* Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Adult
* Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Childhood
* Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Adult
* Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Childhood
* Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
* Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
* Hairy Cell Leukemia

Lymphoma

* AIDS-Related Lymphoma
* Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
* Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Adult
* Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Childhood
* Mycosis Fungoides
* Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Adult
* Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Childhood
* Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
* Sezary Syndrome
* T-Cell Lymphoma, Cutaneous
* Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia

Types of Cancer Affecting the lungs

* Non small cell lung cancer

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