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Common Cancer Types
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
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