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MEDICAL CARE Types of Cancer by Region of the Body

March 15th, 2009 by admin | Filed under Cancer


Cancer, we have often heard it referred to as the illness of one of the ‘death’. Weight of this disease can befall people in all age groups, men and women. Cancer can also occur in every part of the body.

Actually what is cancer? Cancer is a disease that caused the growth of cells in the body of the network is not normal, so the change to cancer cells. Furthermore, cancer cells can be grown / spread to other body parts, so that when severe may cause death.

In 911medicalcare.com we want to provide complete information about cancer, in an article titled Types of Cancer by Region of the Body, we hope more can help you identify the disease cancer. Happy reading.

Types of Cancer by Region of the Body

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
• Adult Brain Tumor
• 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
• Small cell lung cancer

Cancer Affecting The Skin

• Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
• Kaposi’s Sarcoma
• Melanoma
• Merkel Cell Carcinoma
• Skin Cancer




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