Cancers by Body Location or System
There are more than 200 types of cancer and we can classify cancers according to where they start in the body, such as breast cancer or lung cancer. We can also group cancer according to the type of cell they start in.
Eye
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Melanoma, Intraocular
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Retinoblastoma
Genitourinary
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Bladder Cancer
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Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer
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Penile Cancer
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Prostate Cancer
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Renal Pelvis and Ureter Cancer, Transitional Cell
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Testicular Cancer
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Urethral Cancer
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Wilms Tumor and Other Childhood Kidney Tumors
Head and Neck
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Hypopharyngeal Cancer
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Laryngeal Cancer
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Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer
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Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary
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Mouth Cancer
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Nasopharyngeal Cancer
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Oral Cavity Cancer, Lip and
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Oropharyngeal Cancer
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Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Cancer
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Parathyroid Cancer
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Pharyngeal Cancer
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Salivary Gland Cancer
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Throat Cancer
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Thyroid Cancer
Skin
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Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (see Mycosis Fungoides and the Sézary Syndrome)
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Kaposi Sarcoma
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Melanoma
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Merkel Cell Carcinoma
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Skin Cancer
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T-Cell Lymphoma, Cutaneous (see Mycosis Fungoides and the Sézary Syndrome)
Endocrine and Neuroendocrine
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Adrenocortical Carcinoma
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Islet Cell Tumors, Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
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Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Skin (Merkel Cell Carcinoma)
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Neuroendocrine Tumor, Gastrointestinal
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Parathyroid Cancer
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Paraganglioma
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Pheochromocytoma
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Pituitary Tumor
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Thyroid Cancer
Gynecologic
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Cervical Cancer
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Endometrial Cancer
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Fallopian Tube Cancer
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Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
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Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
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Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
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Ovarian Low Malignant Potential Tumor
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Primary Peritoneal Cancer
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Uterine Sarcoma
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Vaginal Cancer
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Vulvar Cancer
Neurologic
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Brain Tumor, Adult
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Brain Tumor, Childhood
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Astrocytomas
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Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Treatment Overview
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Brain Stem Glioma
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Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor
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Medulloblastoma and Other Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors
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Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumors
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Craniopharyngioma
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Ependymoma
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Neuroblastoma
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Pituitary Tumor
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Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma
Musculoskeletal
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Bone Cancer
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Ewing Sarcoma
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Osteosarcoma and Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma of Bone Treatment
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Chordoma
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Rhabdomyosarcoma, Childhood
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Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Digestive / Gastrointestinal
Germ Cell
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Central Nervous System, Childhood
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Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor, Childhood
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Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
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Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
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Testicular Cancer
Hematologic/Blood
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Leukemia
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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Adult
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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Childhood
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Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Adult
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Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Childhood
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
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Hairy Cell Leukemia
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Lymphoma
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AIDS-Related Lymphoma
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Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (see Mycosis Fungoides and the Sézary Syndrome)
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Hodgkin Lymphoma, Adult
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Hodgkin Lymphoma, Childhood
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Hodgkin Lymphoma During Pregnancy
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Mycosis Fungoides
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Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Adult
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Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Childhood
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Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma During Pregnancy
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Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
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Sézary Syndrome
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T-Cell Lymphoma, Cutaneous (see Mycosis Fungoides and the Sézary Syndrome)
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Waldenström Macroglobulinemia (see Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma)
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Other
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Chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
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Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
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Multiple Myeloma/Plasma Cell Neoplasm
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Myelodysplastic Syndromes
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Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
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Respiratory/Thoracic
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Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell
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Lung Cancer, Small Cell
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Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Childhood
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Tracheobronchial Tumors, Childhood
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Malignant Mesothelioma
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Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma