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List of Cancer Types

Below is a list of the various types of cancer in adults and children:

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Adult
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Childhood
Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Adult / Childhood
Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Adult / Childhood
Adolescents, Cancer in
AIDS-Related Cancers
AIDS-Related Lymphoma
Anal Cancer
Appendix Cancer
Astrocytomas, Childhood
Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor, Childhood, Central Nervous System

Basal Cell Carcinoma, see Skin Cancer (Nonmelanoma)
Bile Duct Cancer, Extrahepatic
Bladder Cancer - Adult / Childhood
Bone Cancer, Osteosarcoma and Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma
Brain Stem Glioma, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Adult
Brain Tumor, Brain Stem Glioma, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Astrocytomas, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Craniopharyngioma, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Ependymoblastoma, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Ependymoma, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Medulloblastoma, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Medulloepithelioma, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Pineal Parenchymal Tumors of Intermediate Differentiation, Childhood
Brain Tumor, Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors and Pineoblastoma, Childhood
Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors, Childhood
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer and Pregnancy
Breast Cancer, Childhood
Breast Cancer, Male
Bronchial Tumors, Childhood
Burkitt Lymphoma

Carcinoid Tumor, Childhood
Carcinoid Tumor,Gastrointestinal
Carcinoma of Unknown Primary
Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor, Childhood
Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors, Childhood
Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma, Primary
Cervical Cancer
Cervical Cancer, Childhood
Childhood Cancers
Chordoma, Childhood
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders
Colon Cancer
Colorectal Cancer, Childhood
Craniopharyngioma, Childhood
Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma, see Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary Syndrome

Embryonal Tumors, Central Nervous System, Childhood
Endometrial Cancer
Ependymoblastoma, Childhood
Ependymoma, Childhood
Esophageal Cancer, Childhood
Esthesioneuroblastoma, Childhood
Ewing Sarcoma Family of Tumors
Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor, Childhood
Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
Eye Cancer, Intraocular Melanoma
Eye Cancer, Retinoblastoma

Gallbladder Cancer
Gastric (Stomach) Cancer - Adult / Childhood
Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumor
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
Gastrointestinal Stromal Cell Tumor, Childhood
Germ Cell Tumor, Extracranial, Childhood
Germ Cell Tumor, Extragonadal
Germ Cell Tumor, Ovarian
Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
Glioma, Adult
Glioma, Childhood Brain Stem

Hairy Cell Leukemia
Head and Neck Cancer
Heart Cancer, Childhood
Hepatocellular (Liver) Cancer - Adult / Childhood
Histiocytosis, Langerhans Cell
Hodgkin Lymphoma - Adult / Childhood
Hypopharyngeal Cancer

Intraocular Melanoma
Islet Cell Tumors (Endocrine Pancreas)

Kaposi Sarcoma
Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer
Kidney Cancer, Childhood

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Laryngeal Cancer - Adult / Childhood
Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic - Adult / Childhood
Leukemia, Acute Myeloid - Adult / Childhood
Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic
Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous
Leukemia, Hairy Cell
Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer
Liver Cancer - Adult / Childhood
Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell
Lung Cancer, Small Cell
Lymphoma, AIDS-Related
Lymphoma, Burkitt
Lymphoma, Cutaneous T-Cell, see Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary Syndrome
Lymphoma, Hodgkin - Adult / Childhood
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - Adult / Childhood
Lymphoma, Primary Central Nervous System (CNS)

Macroglobulinemia, Waldenström
Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone and Osteosarcoma
Medulloblastoma, Childhood
Medulloepithelioma, 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 Syndromes, Childhood
Multiple Myeloma/Plasma Cell Neoplasm
Mycosis Fungoides
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Myelogenous Leukemia, Chronic
Myeloid Leukemia - Adult / Childhood
Myeloma, Multiple
Myeloproliferative Disorders, Chronic

Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer
Nasopharyngeal Cancer - - Adult / Childhood
Neuroblastoma
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Adult / Childhood
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Oral Cancer, Childhood
Oral Cavity Cancer, Lip and
Oropharyngeal Cancer
Osteosarcoma and Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone
Ovarian Cancer, Childhood
Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
Ovarian Low Malignant Potential Tumor

Pancreatic Cancer - Adult / Childhood
Pancreatic Cancer, Islet Cell Tumors
Papillomatosis, Childhood
Paraganglioma
Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Cancer
Parathyroid Cancer
Penile Cancer
Pharyngeal Cancer
Pheochromocytoma
Pineal Parenchymal Tumors of Intermediate Differentiation, Childhood
Pineoblastoma and Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors, Childhood
Pituitary Tumor
Plasma Cell Neoplasm/Multiple Myeloma
Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Childhood
Pregnancy and Breast Cancer
Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Lymphoma
Prostate Cancer

Rectal Cancer
Renal Cell (Kidney) Cancer
Renal Pelvis and Ureter, Transitional Cell Cancer
Respiratory Tract Cancer with Chromosome 15 Changes
Retinoblastoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma, Childhood

Salivary Gland Cancer - Adult / Childhood
Sarcoma, Ewing Sarcoma Family of Tumors
Sarcoma, Kaposi
Sarcoma, Soft Tissue - Adult / Childhood
Sarcoma, Uterine
Sézary Syndrome
Skin Cancer (Nonmelanoma)
Skin Cancer, Childhood
Skin Cancer (Melanoma)
Skin Carcinoma, Merkel Cell
Small Cell Lung Cancer
Small Intestine Cancer
Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Adult
Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Childhood
Squamous Cell Carcinoma, see Skin Cancer (Nonmelanoma)
Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary, Metastatic
Stomach (Gastric) Cancer - - Adult / Childhood
Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors, Childhood

T-Cell Lymphoma, Cutaneous, see Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary Syndrome
Testicular Cancer - Adult / Childhood
Throat Cancer
Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma - Adult / Childhood
Thyroid Cancer - Adult / Childhood
Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter
Trophoblastic Tumor, Gestational

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