List of cancer types

This is a list of cancer types, ordered alphabetically.

A

*Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
*Acute myeloid leukemia
*Adrenocortical carcinoma
*AIDS-related cancers
*AIDS-related lymphoma
*Anal cancer
*Appendix cancer
*Astrocytoma, childhood cerebellar or cerebral

B

*Basal cell carcinoma
*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

*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
*Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

D

*Desmoplastic small round cell tumor

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

*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

*Hairy cell leukemia
*Head and neck cancer
*Hepatocellular (liver) cancer
*Hodgkin lymphoma
*Hypopharyngeal cancer
*Hypothalamic and visual pathway glioma, childhood

I

*Intraocular Melanoma
*Islet Cell Carcinoma (Endocrine Pancreas)

K

*Kaposi sarcoma
*Kidney cancer (renal cell cancer)

L

*Laryngeal Cancer
*Leukemias
*Leukemia, acute lymphoblastic (also called acute lymphocytic leukemia)
*Leukemia, acute myeloid (also called acute myelogenous leukemia)
*Leukemia, chronic lymphocytic (also called chronic lymphocytic leukemia)
*Leukemia, chronic myelogenous (also called chronic myeloid leukemia)
*Leukemia, hairy cell
*Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer
*Liver Cancer (Primary)
*Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell
*Lung Cancer, Small Cell
*Lymphomas
*Lymphoma, AIDS-related
*Lymphoma, Burkitt
*Lymphoma, cutaneous T-Cell
*Lymphoma, Hodgkin
*Lymphomas, Non-Hodgkin (an old classification of all lymphomas except Hodgkin's)
*Lymphoma, Primary Central Nervous System

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

*Nasal cavity and paranasal sinus cancer
*Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
*Neuroblastoma
*Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
*Non-small cell lung cancer

O

*Oral Cancer
*Oropharyngeal cancer
*Osteosarcoma/malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone
*Ovarian cancer
*Ovarian epithelial cancer (Surface epithelial-stromal tumor)
*Ovarian germ cell tumor
*Ovarian low malignant potential tumor

P

*Pancreatic cancer
*Pancreatic cancer, islet cell
*Paranasal sinus and nasal cavity cancer
*Parathyroid cancer
*Penile cancer
*Pharyngeal cancer
*Pheochromocytoma
*Pineal astrocytoma
*Pineal germinoma
*Pineoblastoma and supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors, childhood
*Pituitary adenoma
*Plasma cell neoplasia/Multiple myeloma
*Pleuropulmonary blastoma
*Primary central nervous system lymphoma
*Prostate cancer

R

*Rectal cancer
*Renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer)
*Renal pelvis and ureter, transitional cell cancer
*Retinoblastoma
*Rhabdomyosarcoma, childhood

*Salivary gland cancer
*Sarcoma, Ewing family of tumors
*Sarcoma, Kaposi
*Sarcoma, soft tissue
*Sarcoma, uterine
*Sézary syndrome
*Skin cancer (nonmelanoma)
*Skin cancer (melanoma)
*Skin carcinoma, Merkel cell
*Small cell lung cancer
*Small intestine cancer
*Soft tissue sarcoma
*Squamous cell carcinoma – see Skin cancer (nonmelanoma)
*Squamous neck cancer with occult primary, metastatic
*Stomach cancer
*Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor, childhood

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

*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

V

*Vaginal cancer
*Visual pathway and hypothalamic glioma, childhood
*Vulvar cancer

W

*Waldenström macroglobulinemia
*Wilms tumor (kidney cancer), childhood

References

* [http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/alphalist A to Z List of Cancers] , National Cancer Institute