List of cancer types - wikipedia List of cancer types Cancer Classification and external resources Specialty Oncology ICD - 10 C00 -- C97 ICD - 9 - CM 140 -- 239 DiseasesDB 28843 MedlinePlus 001289 MeSH D009369 ( edit on Wikidata ) This is a list of cancer types. Cancer is a group of diseases that involve abnormal increases in the number of cells, with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Not all tumors or lumps are cancerous ; benign tumors are not classified as being cancer because they do not spread to other parts of the body. There are over 100 different known cancers that affect humans. Cancers are often described by the body part that they originated in. However, some body parts contain multiple types of tissue, so for greater precision, cancers are additionally classified by the type of cell that the tumor cells originated from. These types include : Carcinoma : Cancers derived from epithelial cells. This group includes many of the most common cancers, particularly in older adults. Nearly all cancers developing in the breast, prostate, lung, pancreas, and colon are carcinomas. Sarcoma : Cancers arising from connective tissue ( i.e. bone, cartilage, fat, nerve ), each of which develop from cells originating in mesenchymal cells outside the bone marrow. Lymphoma and leukemia : These two classes of cancer arise from cells that make blood. Leukemia is the most common type of cancer in children accounting for about 30 %. However, far more adults develop lymphoma and leukemia. Germ cell tumor : Cancers derived from pluripotent cells, most often presenting in the testicle or the ovary ( seminoma and dysgerminoma, respectively ). Blastoma : Cancers derived from immature `` precursor '' cells or embryonic tissue. Blastomas are more common in children than in older adults. Cancers are usually named using - carcinoma, - sarcoma or - blastoma as a suffix, with the Latin or Greek word for the organ or tissue of origin as the root. For example, cancers of the liver parenchyma arising from malignant epithelial cells is called hepatocarcinoma, while a malignancy arising from primitive liver precursor cells is called a hepatoblastoma, and a cancer arising from fat cells is called a liposarcoma. For some common cancers, the English organ name is used. For example, the most common type of breast cancer is called ductal carcinoma of the breast. Here, the adjective ductal refers to the appearance of the cancer under the microscope, which suggests that it has originated in the milk ducts. Benign tumors ( which are not cancers ) are usually named using - oma as a suffix with the organ name as the root. For example, a benign tumor of smooth muscle cells is called a leiomyoma ( the common name of this frequently occurring benign tumor in the uterus is fibroid ). Confusingly, some types of cancer use the - noma suffix, examples including melanoma and seminoma. Some types of cancer are named for the size and shape of the cells under a microscope, such as giant cell carcinoma, spindle cell carcinoma, and small - cell carcinoma. Contents 1 Bone and muscle 2 Brain and nervous system 3 Breast 4 Endocrine system 5 Eye 6 Gastrointestinal 7 Genitourinary and gynecologic 8 Head and neck 9 Hematopoetic 10 Skin 11 Thoracic and respiratory 12 HIV / AIDS related 13 Unsorted ( so far ) 14 See also 15 References Bone and muscle Chondrosarcoma Ewing 's sarcoma Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone / osteosarcoma Osteosarcoma Rhabdomyosarcoma Heart cancer Brain and nervous system Astrocytoma Brainstem glioma Pilocytic astrocytoma ependymoma primitive neuroectodermal tumor Cerebellar astrocytoma Cerebral astrocytoma malignant glioma Medulloblastoma Neuroblastoma Oligodendroglioma Pineal astrocytoma Pituitary adenoma Visual pathway and hypothalamic glioma Breast Breast cancer Invasive lobular carcinoma Tubular carcinoma Invasive cribriform carcinoma Medullary carcinoma Male breast cancer Phyllodes tumor Inflammatory Breast Cancer Endocrine system Adrenocortical carcinoma Islet cell carcinoma ( endocrine pancreas ) Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome Parathyroid cancer Pheochromocytoma Thyroid cancer Merkel cell carcinoma Eye intraocular melanoma retinoblastoma Gastrointestinal Anal cancer Appendix cancer cholangiocarcinoma Carcinoid tumor, gastrointestinal Colon cancer Extrahepatic bile duct cancer Gallbladder cancer Gastric ( stomach ) cancer Gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor Gastrointestinal stromal tumor ( GIST ) Hepatocellular cancer Pancreatic cancer, islet cell Rectal cancer Genitourinary and gynecologic Bladder cancer Cervical cancer Endometrial cancer Extragonadal germ cell tumor Ovarian cancer Ovarian epithelial cancer ( surface epithelial - stromal tumor ) Ovarian germ cell tumor Penile cancer Renal cell carcinoma Renal pelvis and ureter, transitional cell cancer Prostate cancer Testicular cancer Gestational trophoblastic tumor Ureter and renal pelvis, transitional cell cancer Urethral cancer Uterine sarcoma Vaginal cancer Vulvar cancer Wilms tumor Head and neck Esophageal cancer Head and neck cancer Nasopharyngeal carcinoma Oral cancer Oropharyngeal cancer Paranasal sinus and nasal cavity cancer Pharyngeal cancer Salivary gland cancer Hypopharyngeal cancer Hematopoetic Acute biphenotypic leukemia Acute eosinophilic leukemia Acute lymphoblastic leukemia Acute myeloid leukemia Acute myeloid dendritic cell leukemia AIDS - related lymphoma Anaplastic large cell lymphoma Angioimmunoblastic T - cell lymphoma B - cell prolymphocytic leukemia Burkitt 's lymphoma Chronic lymphocytic leukemia Chronic myelogenous leukemia Cutaneous T - cell lymphoma Diffuse large B - cell lymphoma Follicular lymphoma Hairy cell leukemia Hepatosplenic T - cell lymphoma Hodgkin 's lymphoma Hairy cell leukemia Intravascular large B - cell lymphoma Large granular lymphocytic leukemia Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma Lymphomatoid granulomatosis Mantle cell lymphoma Marginal zone B - cell lymphoma Mast cell leukemia Mediastinal large B cell lymphoma Multiple myeloma / plasma cell neoplasm Myelodysplastic syndromes Mucosa - associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma Mycosis fungoides Nodal marginal zone B cell lymphoma Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Precursor B lymphoblastic leukemia Primary central nervous system lymphoma Primary cutaneous follicular lymphoma Primary cutaneous immunocytoma Primary effusion lymphoma Plasmablastic lymphoma Sézary syndrome Splenic marginal zone lymphoma T - cell prolymphocytic leukemia Skin Basal - cell carcinoma Melanoma Skin cancer ( non-melanoma ) Thoracic and respiratory Bronchial adenomas / carcinoids Small cell lung cancer Mesothelioma Non-small cell lung cancer Pleuropulmonary blastoma Laryngeal cancer Thymoma and thymic carcinoma HIV / AIDS related AIDS - related cancers Kaposi sarcoma Unsorted ( so far ) Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma ( EHE ) Desmoplastic small round cell tumor Liposarcoma See also Lists of diseases List of oncology - related terms References A to Z List of Cancers National Cancer Institute ^ Jump up to : `` Defining Cancer ''. National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 10 June 2014. Jump up ^ Varricchio, Claudette G. ( 2004 ). A cancer source book for nurses. Boston : Jones and Bartlett Publishers. p. 229. ISBN 0 - 7637 - 3276 - 1. Jump up ^ American Cancer Society. `` Melanoma Skin Cancer ''. American Cancer Society. American Cancer Society. Retrieved 5 July 2017. Jump up ^ American Cancer Society. `` What is Testicular Cancer ''. American Cancer Society. American Cancer Society. Retrieved 5 July 2017. 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Question: how many different type of cancer are there
Answer: over 100