Health Dictionary
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List of cancer types
Introduction
A
A
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Adult
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Childhood
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Adult
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Childhood
- Adrenocortical carcinoma
- Adrenocortical carcinoma, Childhood
- AIDS-Related cancers
- AIDS-Related Lymphoma
- Anal cancer
- Appendix Cancer
- Astrocytoma, Childhood Cerebellar
- Astrocytoma, Childhood Cerebral
B
B
- Basal Cell Carcinoma, see Skin Cancer (Nonmelanoma)
- Bile Duct Cancer, Extrahepatic
- Bladder Cancer
- Bladder Cancer, Childhood
- Bone Cancer, Osteosarcoma/Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma
- Brain Stem Glioma, Childhood
- Brain Tumor, Adult
- Brain Tumor, Brain Stem Glioma, Childhood
- Brain Tumor, Cerebellar Astrocytoma, Childhood
- Brain Tumor, Cerebral Astrocytoma/Malignant Glioma, Childhood
- Brain Tumor, Ependymoma, Childhood
- Brain Tumor, Medulloblastoma, Childhood
- Brain Tumor, Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors, Childhood
- Brain Tumor, Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma, Childhood
- Brain Tumor, Childhood (Other)
- Breast Cancer
- Bronchial Adenomas/Carcinoids, Childhood
- Burkitt Lymphoma
C
C
- Carcinoid Tumor, Childhood
- Carcinoid Tumor,Gastrointestinal
- Carcinoma of Unknown Primary
- Central Nervous System Lymphoma, Primary
- Cerebellar Astrocytoma, Childhood
- Cerebral Astrocytoma/Malignant Glioma, Childhood
- Cervical Cancer
- Childhood Cancers
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
- Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders
- Colon Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer, Childhood
- Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
E
E
- Endometrial cancer
- Ependymoma
- Esophageal cancer
- Ewing’s sarcoma in the Ewing family of tumors
- Extracranial germ cell tumor, Childhood
- Extragonadal Germ cell tumor
- Extrahepatic bile duct cancer
- Eye Cancer, Intraocular melanoma
- Eye Cancer, Retinoblastoma
G
G
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Gastric (Stomach) Cancer
- Gastric (Stomach) Cancer, Childhood
- Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumor
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
- Germ Cell Tumor, Extracranial, Childhood
- Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal
- Germ Cell Tumor, Ovarian
- Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
- Glioma, Adult
- Glioma, Childhood Brain Stem
- Glioma, Childhood Cerebral Astrocytoma
- Glioma, Childhood Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic
- Gastric Carcinoid
H
H
- Hairy Cell Leukemia
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Hepatocellular (Liver) Cancer, Adult (Primary)
- Hepatocellular (Liver) Cancer, Childhood (Primary)
- Hodgkin Lymphoma, Adult
- Hodgkin Lymphoma, Childhood
- Hodgkin Lymphoma During Pregnancy
- Hypopharyngeal Cancer
- Hypothalamic and Visual Pathway Glioma, Childhood
I
I
- Intraocular Melanoma
- Islet Cell Carcinoma (Endocrine Pancreas)
K
K
- Kaposi Sarcoma
- Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer
- Kidney Cancer, Childhood
L
L
- Laryngeal Cancer
- Laryngeal Cancer, Childhood
- Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic, Adult
- Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic, Childhood
- Leukemia, Acute Myeloid, Adult
- Leukemia, Acute Myeloid, Childhood
- Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic
- Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous
- Leukemia, Hairy Cell
- Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer
- Liver Cancer, Adult (Primary)
- Liver Cancer, Childhood (Primary)
- Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell
- Lung Cancer, Small Cell
- Lymphoma, AIDS-Related
- Lymphoma, Burkitt
- Lymphoma, Cutaneous T-Cell
- Lymphoma, Hodgkin, Adult
- Lymphoma, Hodgkin, Childhood
- Lymphoma, Hodgkin During Pregnancy
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin, Adult
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin, Childhood
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin During Pregnancy
- Lymphoma, Primary Central Nervous System
M
M
- Macroglobulinemia, Waldenström
- Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone/Osteosarcoma
- Medulloblastoma, Childhood
- Melanoma
- Melanoma, Intraocular (Eye)
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma
- Mesothelioma, Adult Malignant
- Mesothelioma, Childhood
- Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary
- Mouth Cancer
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndrome, Childhood
- Multiple Myeloma/Plasma Cell Neoplasm
- Mycosis Fungoides
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Diseases
- Myelogenous Leukemia, Chronic
- Myeloid Leukemia, Adult Acute
- Myeloid Leukemia, Childhood Acute
- Myeloma, Multiple (Cancer of the Bone-Marrow)
- Myeloproliferative Disorders, Chronic
N
N
- Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- Nasopharyngeal Cancer, Childhood
- Neuroblastoma
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Adult
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Childhood
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma During Pregnancy
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
O
O
- Oral Cancer, Childhood
- Oral Cavity Cancer, Lip and
- Oropharyngeal Cancer
- Osteosarcoma/Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone
- Ovarian Cancer, Childhood
- Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
- Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
- Ovarian Low Malignant Potential Tumor
P
P
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer, Childhood
- Pancreatic Cancer, Islet Cell
- Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Cancer
- Parathyroid Cancer
- Penile Cancer
- Pharyngeal Cancer
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pineoblastoma and Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors, Childhood
- Pituitary Tumor
- Plasma Cell Neoplasm/Multiple Myeloma
- Pleuropulmonary Blastoma
- Pregnancy and Breast Cancer
- Pregnancy and Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Pregnancy and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
- Prostate Cancer
R
R
- Rectal Cancer
- Renal Cell (Kidney) Cancer
- Renal Cell (Kidney) Cancer, Childhood
- Renal Pelvis and Ureter, Transitional Cell Cancer
- Retinoblastoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma, Childhood
S
S
- Salivary Gland Cancer
- Salivary Gland Cancer, Childhood
- Sarcoma, Ewing Family of Tumors
- Sarcoma, Kaposi
- Sarcoma, Soft Tissue, Adult
- Sarcoma, Soft Tissue, Childhood
- Sarcoma, Uterine
- Sézary Syndrome
- Skin Cancer (Nonmelanoma)
- Skin Cancer, Childhood
- Skin Cancer (Melanoma)
- Skin Carcinoma, Merkel Cell
- Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Small Intestine Cancer
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Adult
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Childhood
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma, see Skin Cancer (Nonmelanoma)
- Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary, Metastatic
- Stomach (Gastric) Cancer
- Stomach (Gastric) Cancer, Childhood
- Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors, Childhood
T
T
- T-Cell Lymphoma, Cutaneous, see Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary Syndrome
- Testicular Cancer
- Throat Cancer
- Thymoma, Childhood
- Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer, Childhood
- Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter
- Trophoblastic Tumor, Gestational
U
U
- Unknown Primary Site, Carcinoma of, Adult
- Unknown Primary Site, Cancer of, Childhood
- Ureter and Renal Pelvis, Transitional cell cancer
- Urethral cancer
- Uterine cancer, Endometrial
- Uterine sarcoma
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]