Types of cancer

Carcinomas

Carcinomas are the most commonly diagnosed cancers that originate in the skin, lungs, breasts, pancreas, colon and other organs and glands. They begin in the lining layer of organs and may invade surrounding tissues, organs and lymph nodes.

Sarcomas

Sarcomas grow from cells in supportive or connective tissue in the body (bone, joints, fat, nerves, cartilage, deep skin tissues and blood vessels). These account for about one percent of all cancers.

Melanoma

Melanoma is a form of skin cancer that often look like moles and can originate in moles.

Hematologic (blood) cancers

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

Leukemia

Leukemia is caused by immature, abnormally large cells arising in bone marrow; they block the production of normal white or red blood cells.

Lymphomas

Lymphomas begin in infectionfighting cells of the immune system, called lymphocytes. These cells are in the lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, bone marrow and other parts of the body.

Myelomas

Abnormal cancerous plasma cells inside bone marrow are myelomas. They produce too much of the same antibody, which accumulates in the blood and may primarily affect the kidneys.