Types Of Cancer

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Cancer is a broad term used to include several malignant diseases. There are some over 100 different types of cancer which sometimes affecting localized body part called Benign tumors and sometimes starts with the one cell and affects the neighboring cells ultimately spreads throughout the body called Malignant tumors.
There are some of the cancer types which are common among all the others and Skin cancer is mainly comes on the first position followed by list of cancers like, Bladder cancer,Breast
cancer, Colon cancer, Endometrial cancer, Leukemia, Kidney cancer and many more.
Basically, types of cancer are classified according to the affecting body parts.
• Blood Cancer- When the RBCs (Red Blood Cells) rises in the body and as a result WBCs (White Blood Cells), which are the defensive cells present throughout the body reduced and sometimes become cancerous. There are two types of cancers comes in this category.
o Leukemia
o Lymphoma
• Blood cancer- It is a rare type of cancer that can affect both children and adults, but ...
... primarily affects children and teens. There are list of cancers comes into it.
• Brain Cancer- Brain tumors can be malignant (cancerous) or benign (non-cancerous). They affect both children and adults.
• Breast cancer- Breast cancer is a common type of cancer that affects women and much less commonly, men.
• Digestive/Gastrointestinal Cancers- This category of cancer that affects everything from the esophagus to the anus.
• Endocrine Cancers- The endocrine system is an instrumental part of the body that is responsible for glandular and hormonal activity. Thyroid cancer is the most common of the endocrine cancer type.
• Genitourinary Cancers- These types of cancer affect the male genitalia and urinary tract.
• Gynecologic Cancers- This group of cancer types affect the organs of the female reproductive system.
• Respiratory Cancers- Cigarette smoking is the primary cause for cancer affecting the respiratory system. Exposure to asbestos is also one of the factors.
• Skin Cancers- Exposure to the UV rays of the sun is the primary cause for non-melanoma skin cancer and also melanoma.

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