An introduction on the disease

Cancer is a cluster of many associate diseases which originates inside a human cell and with time it grows and mutates and moves through the blood vessels taking a toll on the tissues and other organs of the body, damaging them and every other part that comes in their way of movement.

 

With over 100 varieties of cancers, it is a deadly disease for the cancer patients and can affect any part of the body and for any number of causes. Each known type of cancer has its own influence on the body and mostly all have the same intensity of damage.

 

Common Types of Cancer

 

Among all diagnosed cancer types around the world, it is seen that both men and women suffer from skin cancer, which is common and predominant in most of the young people. Many patients get affected with skin cancer every year.

 

The other common types of cancer listed on the basis of diagnosis report are,

 

colon cancer
endometrial cancer
leukemia
lung cancer
melanoma
pancreatic cancer
prostate cancer
bladder cancer
breast cancer
kidney cancer (renal cell)
non-Hodgkin lymphoma
thyroid cancer

A brief on the Types of Cancer

 

The list of common class of cancer is determined with its regular and frequent occurrence in patients and the estimated rate of annual incidences have to touch 35000 or even more.

 

If the highest incidence rate stands for skin cancer then the lowest on the occurrence list is of thyroid cancer. The probable number of new cases of thyroid cancer patients for the year 2009 is 37200.

 

Rectal and colon cancers are collectively referred to as colorectal cancers and are jointly responsible for 146970 new cases. The individual cases of colon cancer is 106,100 and rectal cancer with 40,870 respectively.

 

Renal pelvis cancers and renal parenchyma cancers are the main sub divisions of Kidney cancers. Apparently, 85 percent of kidney cancers grow in the renal parenchyma and most of them fall in the category of renal cell cancers. The study brings about a probable 49,096 new cases of renal cell cancers.

 

Lastly leukemia, which is not very responsive to cancer treatment, has various forms including acute myeloid leukemia, chronic myelogenous, acute lymphoblastic, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and others. According to estimations, more than 44,790 new cases of this kind of diseases have been recorded in 2009.

 

Kinds of cancer categorized by body system

 

Cancer is such a critical disease which can affect and damage your each and every body part, slowly destroying the tissues and organs in and around the way of the progressing cancerous cell.

 

Blood Cancer relates to

 

Multiple Myeloma
Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia
Lymphoma
Leukemia

 

Bone Cancer relates to

 

Osteosarcoma
Ewing’s Sarcoma

 

Brain Cancer relates to

 

Brain Stem Glioma, which occurs in childhood
Cerebral Astrocytoma/Malignant Glioma, which occurs in childhood
Ependymoma, which occurs in childhood
Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors and Pineoblastoma, which occurs in childhood
Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma, which occurs in childhood
Adult Brain Tumor
Cerebellar Astrocytoma, which occurs in childhood
Medulloblastoma, which occurs in childhood

 

Breast Cancer relates to

 

lobular carcinoma in situ
Paget’s disease of the nipple
ductal carcinoma in situ
inflammatory breast cancer
Invasive types of breast cancer

 

Gastrointestinal Cancers relates to

 

Carcinoid Tumor, Gastrointestinal
Esophageal Cancer
Gallbladder Cancer
Liver Cancer, Adult Primary
Pancreatic Cancer
Rectal Cancer
Stomach (Gastric) Cancer
Anal Cancer
Colon Cancer
Bile Duct Cancer, Extrahepatic
Liver Cancer, Childhood
Small Intestine Cancer

 

Endocrine Cancers relates to

 

Carcinoid Tumor, Gastrointestinal
Parathyroid Cancer
Pheochromocytoma
Thyroid Cancer
Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Islet Cell Carcinoma (Endocrine Pancreas)
Pituitary Tumor

 

Eye Cancer relates to

 

Retinoblastoma
Melanoma, Intraocular

 

Genitourinary Cancers related to

 

Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Renal Pelvis and Ureter Cancer, Transitional Cell
Urethral Cancer
Wilms’ Tumor and Other Childhood Kidney Tumors
Bladder Cancer
Penile Cancer
Testicular Cancer

 

Gynecologic Cancers relates to

 

Endometrial Cancer
Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
Uterine Sarcoma
Vulvar Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Vaginal Cancer

 

Head and Neck Cancer relates to

 

Laryngeal Cancer
Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer
Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Oropharyngeal Cancer
Parathyroid Cancer
Hypopharyngeal Cancer
Lip and Oral Cancer
Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Cancer
Salivary Gland Cancer

 

Respiratory Cancers relates to

 

Lung Cancer, Small Cell
Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma
Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell
Malignant Mesothelioma

 

Skin Cancers relates to

 

Kaposi’s Sarcoma
Melanoma
Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
Merkel Cell Carcinoma
Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma