Cancer Types

• Cancer types can be grouped into broader categories. The main categories of cancer include.

Carcinoma

Sarcoma

Leukemia 

Lymphoma and myeloma

Central nervous system cancers

•  Carcinoma - cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs.

• Sarcoma - cancer that begins in bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.

• Leukemia -  cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the blood.

• Lymphoma and myeloma - cancers that begin in the cells of the immune system.

• Central nervous system cancers - cancers that begin in the tissues of the brain and spinal cord.