Cancer Attack

With over 200 different types of cancer, this disease can attack any group of cells in the body as well as any of the major organs in the body.

Cancer can begin in one part of the body and travel through both the lymphatic system and the circulatory system. The uncontrolled growth of cancer that spreads is called metastasis.

The following information lists the various types of cancer that can develop in the body and which bodily system is affected.

AIDS-Related

AIDS-Related Cancers
AIDS-Related Lymphoma
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
Kaposi Sarcoma

Breast

Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer, Childhood
Breast Cancer and Pregnancy
Male Breast Cancer

Digestive/Gastrointestinal

Anal Cancer
Appendix Cancer (see Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor)
Bile Duct Cancer
Colon Cancer
Esophageal Cancer
Gallbladder Cancer
Gastric Cancer
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST)
Islet Cell Tumors, Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Liver Cancer, Adult Primary
Liver Cancer, Childhood
Neuroendocrine Tumor, Gastrointestinal
Pancreatic Cancer
Rectal Cancer
Small Intestine Cancer
Stomach (Gastric) Cancer

Endocrine and Neuroendocrine

Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Islet Cell Tumors, Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Skin (Merkel Cell Carcinoma)
Neuroendocrine Tumor, Gastrointestinal
Parathyroid Cancer
Paraganglioma
Pheochromocytoma
Pituitary Tumor
Thyroid Cancer

Eye

Melanoma, Intraocular
Retinoblastoma

Genitourinary

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

Germ Cell

Central Nervous System, Childhood
Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor, Childhood
Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
Testicular Cancer

Gynecologic

Cervical Cancer
Endometrial Cancer
Fallopian Tube Cancer
Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
Ovarian Low Malignant Potential Tumor
Primary Peritoneal Cancer
Uterine Sarcoma
Vaginal Cancer
Vulvar Cancer

Head and Neck

Hypopharyngeal Cancer
Laryngeal Cancer
Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer
Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary
Mouth Cancer
Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Oral Cavity Cancer, Lip and
Oropharyngeal Cancer
Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Cancer
Parathyroid Cancer
Pharyngeal Cancer
Salivary Gland Cancer
Throat Cancer
Thyroid Cancer

Hematologic/Blood

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 (see Mycosis Fungoides and the Sézary Syndrome)
Hodgkin Lymphoma, Adult
Hodgkin Lymphoma, Childhood
Hodgkin Lymphoma During Pregnancy
Mycosis Fungoides
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Adult
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Childhood
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma During Pregnancy
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
Sézary Syndrome
T-cell lymphoma, Cutaneous (see Mycosis Fungoides and the Sézary Syndrome)
Waldenström Macroglobulinemia (see Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma)
Other
Chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Multiple Myeloma/Plasma Cell Neoplasm
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

Musculoskeletal

Bone Cancer
Ewing Sarcoma
Osteosarcoma and Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma of Bone Treatment
Chordoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma, Childhood
Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Neurologic

Brain Tumor, Adult
Brain Tumor, Childhood
Astrocytomas
Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Treatment Overview
Brain Stem Glioma
Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor
Medulloblastoma and Other Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors
Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumors
Craniopharyngioma
Ependymoma
Neuroblastoma
Pituitary Tumor
Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma

Respiratory/Thoracic

Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell
Lung Cancer, Small Cell
Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Childhood
Tracheobronchial Tumors, Childhood
Malignant Mesothelioma
Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma

Skin

Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
Melanoma
Merkel Cell Carcinoma
Skin Cancer
T-Cell Lymphoma, Cutaneous

Unknown Primary