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List of types of cancer from A to Z
125 accepted answers, from “Acute lymphoblastic leukemia” to “Wilms tumor”. The level of each one is hidden: play to see how deep it sinks.
Types of cancer starting with A
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemiaalso Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, Acute lymphocytic leukemia
- Acute myeloid leukemiaalso Acute myeloid leukaemia, AML
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adenoid cystic carcinoma
- Adrenocortical carcinomaalso Adrenal cancer
- Ampullary cancer
- Anal canceralso Anus cancer
- Anaplastic thyroid cancer
- Angiosarcomaalso Hemangiosarcoma
- Appendix canceralso Appendiceal cancer
- Astrocytoma
Types of cancer starting with B
- Basal cell carcinomaalso Basal cell
- Bile duct canceralso Cholangiocarcinoma
- Bladder canceralso Bladder
- Bone canceralso Bone
- Brain canceralso Brain tumor, Brain tumour, Brain
- Breast canceralso Breast
- Burkitt lymphoma
Types of cancer starting with C
- Cancer of unknown primary
- Carcinoid tumoralso Carcinoid tumour, Carcinoid
- Carcinoma
- Cervical canceralso Cervical, Cervix
- Chondrosarcoma
- Chordoma
- Choriocarcinoma
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemiaalso Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, CLL
- Chronic myeloid leukemiaalso Chronic myeloid leukaemia, CML
- Colon canceralso Bowel cancer, Colorectal cancer, Colon, Bowel, Colorectal
- Craniopharyngioma
- Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
Types of cancer starting with D
- Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
- Desmoplastic small round cell tumoralso Desmoplastic small round cell tumour
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphomaalso DLBCL
- Ductal carcinoma in situalso DCIS
- Duodenal cancer
Types of cancer starting with E
- Ependymoma
- Esophageal canceralso Oesophageal cancer, Esophageal, Oesophageal
- Essential thrombocythemia
- Ewing sarcomaalso Ewing's sarcoma
- Eye canceralso Ocular melanoma, Uveal melanoma
Types of cancer starting with F
- Fallopian tube cancer
- Fibrosarcoma
- Follicular lymphoma
- Follicular thyroid cancer
Types of cancer starting with G
- Gallbladder cancer
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumoralso Gastrointestinal stromal tumour, GIST
- Germinoma
- Gestational trophoblastic disease
- Glioblastomaalso GBM
Types of cancer starting with H
- Hairy cell leukemiaalso Hairy cell leukaemia
- Head and neck cancer
- Hepatoblastoma
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Hodgkin lymphomaalso Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, Hodgkin
Types of cancer starting with I
- Inflammatory breast cancer
Types of cancer starting with K
- Kaposi sarcomaalso Kaposi's sarcoma
- Kidney canceralso Kidney, Renal cell carcinoma, Renal cancer
Types of cancer starting with L
- Laryngeal canceralso Larynx cancer, Voice box cancer
- Leiomyosarcoma
- Leukemiaalso Leukaemia, Blood cancer
- Lip cancer
- Liposarcoma
- Liver canceralso Liver
- Lobular carcinoma
- Lung canceralso Lung
- Lymphoma
Types of cancer starting with M
- Mantle cell lymphoma
- Medullary thyroid cancer
- Medulloblastoma
- Melanoma
- Meningioma
- Merkel cell carcinoma
- Mesothelioma
- Mouth canceralso Oral cancer, Mouth, Oral
- Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
- Multiple myelomaalso Myeloma
- Mycosis fungoides
- Myelodysplastic syndrome
- Myelofibrosis
Types of cancer starting with N
- Nasopharyngeal canceralso Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- Neuroblastoma
- Neuroendocrine tumoralso Neuroendocrine tumour, Neuroendocrine cancer
- Non-Hodgkin lymphomaalso Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, NHL
- Non-small cell lung canceralso NSCLC
Types of cancer starting with O
- Oligodendroglioma
- Optic nerve glioma
- Osteosarcoma
- Ovarian canceralso Ovarian, Ovary
Types of cancer starting with P
- Pancoast tumoralso Pancoast tumour
- Pancreatic canceralso Pancreas, Pancreatic
- Papillary thyroid cancer
- Penile cancer
- Peritoneal cancer
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pineoblastoma
- Plasmacytoma
- Polycythemia vera
- Primary CNS lymphoma
- Prostate canceralso Prostate
Types of cancer starting with R
- Rectal canceralso Rectal
- Retinoblastoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
Types of cancer starting with S
- Salivary gland cancer
- Sarcoma
- Seminoma
- Skin canceralso Skin
- Small bowel canceralso Small intestine cancer
- Small cell lung canceralso SCLC
- Spinal cord tumoralso Spinal cord tumour
- Squamous cell carcinomaalso Squamous cell
- Stomach canceralso Stomach, Gastric cancer
- Synovial sarcoma
Types of cancer starting with T
- Testicular canceralso Testicular, Testicle cancer
- Throat canceralso Throat
- Thymomaalso Thymic cancer
- Thyroid canceralso Thyroid
- Tongue cancer
- Triple-negative breast cancer
Types of cancer starting with U
- Urethral cancer
- Uterine canceralso Womb cancer, Endometrial cancer, Uterine, Womb, Endometrial
- Uterine sarcoma
Types of cancer starting with V
- Vaginal cancer
- Vulvar canceralso Vulval cancer
Types of cancer starting with W
- Waldenstrom macroglobulinemiaalso Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
- Wilms tumoralso Wilms tumour, Nephroblastoma
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