About Cancers
The list of common
cancers includes cancers that are diagnosed with the
greatest frequency in the United
States.
Cancer incidence
statistics from the National Institutes of
Health and other resources were used to create the
list.
Acute
Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Acute
Myeloid Leukemia
- Adrenocortical Carcinoma
- AIDS-Related Cancers
- AIDS-Related Lymphoma
- Anal
Cancer
- Astrocytoma, Childhood
Cerebellar
- Astrocytoma, Childhood Cerebral
- Basal
Cell Carcinoma, see Skin Cancer
(non-Melanoma)
- Bile
Duct Cancer, Extrahepatic
- Bladder Cancer
- Bone
Cancer, Osteosarcoma/Malignant Fibrous
Histiocytoma
- Brain
Stem Glioma
- Brain
Tumor
- Brain
Tumor, Brain Stem Glioma
- Brain
Tumor, Cerebellar Astrocytoma
- Brain
Tumor, Cerebral Astrocytoma/Malignant
Glioma
- Brain
Tumor, Ependymoma, Childhood
- Brain
Tumor, Medulloblastoma, Childhood
- Brain
Tumor, Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors,
Childhood
- Brain
Tumor, Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma,
Childhood
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer, Childhood
- Breast Cancer, Male
- Bronchial Adenomas/Carcinoids,
Childhood
- Burkitt's Lymphoma
- 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
- Colorectal Cancer, Childhood
- Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma, see Mycosis Fungoides
and Sézary Syndrome
- Endometrial Cancer
- Ependymoma, Childhood
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer, Childhood
- Ewing's 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
- Gastric (Stomach) Cancer,
Childhood
- Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumor
- 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
- Hairy
Cell Leukemia
- Head
and Neck Cancer
- Hepatocellular (Liver) Cancer, Adult
(Primary)
- Hepatocellular (Liver) Cancer, Childhood
(Primary)
- Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Adult
- Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Childhood
- Hodgkin's Lymphoma During
Pregnancy
- Hypopharyngeal Cancer
- Hypothalamic and Visual Pathway Glioma,
Childhood
- Intraocular Melanoma
- Islet
Cell Carcinoma (Endocrine Pancreas)
- Kaposi's Sarcoma
- Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer
- Kidney Cancer, Childhood
- Laryngeal Cancer
- Laryngeal Cancer, Childhood
- Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic,
Adult
- Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic,
Childhood
- Leukemia, Acute Myeloid, Adult
- Leukemia, Acute Myeloid,
Childhood
- Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic
- Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous
- Leukemia, Hairy Cell
- Lip
and Oral Cavity Cancer
- Liver
Cancer, Adult (Primary)
- Liver
Cancer, Childhood (Primary)
- Lung
Cancer, Non-Small Cell
- Lung
Cancer, Small Cell
- Lymphoma, AIDS-Related
- Lymphoma, Burkitt's
- Lymphoma, Cutaneous T-Cell, see Mycosis Fungoides
and Sézary Syndrome
- Lymphoma, Hodgkin's, Adult
- Lymphoma, Hodgkin's, Childhood
- Lymphoma, Hodgkin's During
Pregnancy
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's, Adult
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's,
Childhood
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's During
Pregnancy
- Lymphoma, Primary Central Nervous
System
- Macroglobulinemia, Waldenström's
- 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
- 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
- Myeloproliferative Disorders,
Chronic
- Nasal
Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer
- Nasopharyngeal Cancer
- Nasopharyngeal Cancer, Childhood
- Neuroblastoma
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Adult
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma,
Childhood
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma During
Pregnancy
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Oral
Cancer, Childhood
- Oral
Cavity Cancer, Lip and
- Oropharyngeal Cancer
- Osteosarcoma/Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of
Bone
- Ovarian Cancer, Childhood
- Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
- Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
- Ovarian Low Malignant Potential
Tumor
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer, Childhood
- Pancreatic Cancer, Islet Cell
- Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity
Cancer
- Parathyroid Cancer
- Penile Cancer
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pineoblastoma and Supratentorial Primitive
Neuroectodermal Tumors, Childhood
- Pituitary Tumor
- Plasma Cell Neoplasm/Multiple
Myeloma
- Pleuropulmonary Blastoma
- Pregnancy and Breast Cancer
- Pregnancy and Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Pregnancy and Non-Hodgkin's
Lymphoma
- Primary Central Nervous System
Lymphoma
- Prostate Cancer
- Rectal Cancer
- Renal
Cell (Kidney) Cancer
- Renal
Cell (Kidney) Cancer, Childhood
- Renal
Pelvis and Ureter, Transitional Cell
Cancer
- Retinoblastoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma, Childhood
- Salivary Gland Cancer
- Salivary Gland Cancer, Childhood
- Sarcoma, Ewing's Family of
Tumors
- Sarcoma, Kaposi's
- Sarcoma, Soft Tissue, Adult
- Sarcoma, Soft Tissue, Childhood
- Sarcoma, Uterine
- Sezary Syndrome
- Skin
Cancer (non-Melanoma)
- 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
(non-Melanoma)
- Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary,
Metastatic
- Stomach (Gastric) Cancer
- Stomach (Gastric) Cancer,
Childhood
- Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors,
Childhood
- T-Cell Lymphoma, Cutaneous, see Mycosis Fungoides
and Sézary Syndrome
- Testicular Cancer
- Thymoma, Childhood
- Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer, Childhood
- Transitional Cell Cancer of the Renal Pelvis and
Ureter
- Trophoblastic Tumor, Gestational
- Unknown Primary Site, Carcinoma of,
Adult
- Unknown Primary Site, Cancer of,
Childhood
- Unusual Cancers of Childhood
- Ureter and Renal Pelvis, Transitional Cell
Cancer
- Urethral Cancer
- Uterine Cancer, Endometrial
- Uterine Sarcoma
- Vaginal Cancer
- Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma,
Childhood
- Vulvar Cancer
- Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia
- Wilms' Tumor
- Women's Cancers
Reference for
Cancer Article
National Institutes
of Health
Health
Related Websites
The National Cancer
Institute
The National Eye
Institute
The National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute
National Institute on
Aging
National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institute of
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institute on Drug
Abuse
National Institute of Mental
Health
National Institute of
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