Types of cancer

are a type of neuroendocrine tumor that is slow growing and usually found in the rectum and small intestine.

Carcinomas

are the most common type of cancer that originate in the skin, lungs, breasts, prostate, colon, bladder and other organs and glands. They begin in the lining layer of organs.

Hematologic (blood) cancers

primarily affect blood, bone marrow and lymph nodes, and may or may not create an actual tumor.

Leukemia

begins in the blood-forming tissue of the bone marrow, blocking the production of normal white or red blood cells. It does not form solid tumors. begins in infection-fighting cells of the immune system, called lymphocytes, in the lymph nodes and other organs of the body.

Multiple myeloma

begins in plasma cells, a type of immune cell, and build up in the born marrow and form tumors in bones throughout the body.

Sarcomas

are rare and form in bone and soft tissues, including muscle, fat, tendons, blood vessels and cartilage.