Types of Cancer.

Types of Cancer

There are more than hundred types of cancer. Types of cancer are usually named for the organs or tissues where the cancers form, but they also may be described by the type of cell that formed them.

• Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
• Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
• Adrenocortical Carcinoma
• Adrenal Cortex Cancer, Childhood
• Kaposi Sarcoma
• AIDS-Related Lymphoma
• Primary CNS Lymphoma
• Anal Cancer
• Appendix Cancer
• Astrocytomas, Childhood
• Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor, Childhood, Central Nervous System
• Basal Cell Carcinoma
• Bile Duct Cancer, Extrahepatic
• Bladder Cancer
• Bladder Cancer, Childhood
• Bone Cancer (includes Ewing Sarcoma and Osteosarcoma and Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma)
• Brain Tumors
• Breast Cancer
• Breast Cancer, Childhood
• Bronchial Tumors, Childhood
• Burkitt Lymphoma
• Carcinoid Tumor (Gastrointestinal)
• Carcinoid Tumors, Childhood
• Carcinoma of Unknown Primary
• Carcinoma (Cancer) of Unknown Primary, Childhood
• Cardiac (Heart) Tumors, Childhood
• Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor, Childhood
• Embryonal Tumors, Childhood
• Germ Cell Tumors, Childhood
• Lymphoma, Primary
• Cervical Cancer
• Cervical Cancer, Childhood
• Cancers of Childhood, Unusual
• Cholangiocarcinoma
• Chordoma, Childhood
• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
• Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
• Chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
• Colorectal Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer, Childhood
• Craniopharyngioma, Childhood
• Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
• Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
• Embryonal Tumors, Central Nervous System, Childhood
• Endometrial Cancer 
• Ependymoma, Childhood
• Esophageal
• Esophageal, Childhood
• Esthesioneuroblastoma, Childhood
• Ewing Sarcoma
• Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor, Childhood
• Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
• Intraocular Melanoma (Eye Cancer)
• Retinoblastoma
• Fallopian Tube Cancer
• Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone, Malignant, and Osteosarcoma
• Gallbladder Cancer
• Gastric (Stomach) Cancer
• Gastric (Stomach) Cancer, Childhood
• Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumor
• Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)
• Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST), Childhood
• Extracranial, Childhood Cancer
• Extragonadal Cancer
• Ovarian Cancer
• Central Nervous System, Childhood Cancer
• Testicular Cancer
• Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
• Gliomas
• Hairy Cell Leukemia
• Head and Neck Cancer
• Head and Neck Cancers, Childhood
• Heart Tumors, Childhood
• Hepatocellular (Liver) Cancer
• Histiocytosis, Langerhans Cell
• Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Hypopharyngeal Cancer
• Intraocular Melanoma
• Islet Cell Tumors, Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Kaposi Sarcoma
• Kidney Cancer
• Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
• Laryngeal Cancer
• Laryngeal Cancer and Papillomatosis, Childhood
• Leukemia
• Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer
• Liver Cancer (Primary)
• Lung Cancer
• Lung Cancer, Childhood
• Lymphoma
• Macroglobulinemia, Waldenström
• Male Breast Cancer
• Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone and Osteosarcoma
• Melanoma
• Melanoma, Intraocular (Eye)
• Merkel Cell Carcinoma 
• Mesothelioma, Malignant
• Mesothelioma, Childhood
• Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary
• Midline Tract Carcinoma Involving NUT Gene, Childhood
• Mouth Cancer 
• Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes, Childhood
• Multiple Myeloma/Plasma Cell Neoplasms
• Mycosis Fungoides
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms and Chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
• Myelogenous Leukemia, Chronic (CML)
• Myeloid Leukemia, Acute (AML)
• Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer
• Nasopharyngeal Cancer
• Nasopharyngeal Cancer, Childhood
• Neuroblastoma
• Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Oral Cancer, Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer and Oropharyngeal Cancer
• Oral Cavity Cancer, Childhood
• Osteosarcoma and Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone
• Ovarian Cancer
• Ovarian Cancer, Childhood
• Pancreatic Cancer and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (Islet Cell Tumors)
• Pancreatic Cancer, Childhood
• Papillomatosis, Childhood
• Paraganglioma
• Paraganglioma, Childhood
• Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Cancer
• Parathyroid Cancer
• Penile Cancer
• Pharyngeal Cancer
• Pheochromocytoma
• Pheochromocytoma, Childhood
• Pituitary Tumor
• Plasma Cell Neoplasm/Multiple Myeloma
• Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Childhood
• Pregnancy and Breast Cancer
• Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma
• Primary Peritoneal Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Rectal Cancer
• Renal Cell (Kidney) Cancer
• Retinoblastoma
• Rhabdomyosarcoma, Childhood
• Salivary Gland Cancer
• Salivary Gland Tumors, Childhood
• Ewing Sarcoma
• Kaposi Sarcoma
• Osteosarcoma
• Rhabdomyosarcoma 
• Uterine Sarcoma 
• Vascular Tumors, Childhood
• Sézary Syndrome 
• Skin Cancer
• Skin Cancer, Childhood
• Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Small Intestine Cancer
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Squamous Cell Carcinoma
• Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary, Metastatic
• Stomach (Gastric) Cancer
• Stomach (Gastric) Cancer, Childhood
• T-Cell Lymphoma, Cutaneous
• Testicular Cancer
• Testicular Cancer, Childhood
• Throat Cancer
• Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma
• Thyroid Cancer
• Thyroid Tumors, Childhood
• Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter
• Unknown Primary, Carcinoma
• Unknown Primary, Childhood Cancer
• Unusual Cancers of Childhood
• Ureter and Renal Pelvis, Transitional Cell Cancer
• Urethral Cancer
• Uterine Cancer, Endometrial and Uterine Sarcoma
• Vaginal Cancer
• Vaginal Cancer, Childhood
• Vascular Tumors, Childhood
• Vulvar Cancer
• Waldenström Macroglobulinemia
• Wilms Tumor