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Types of Cancer

Cancer is a disease caused by the uncontrolled growth of a group of cells within the body. This invaison destroys healthy tissues and causes a lump to form, called a tumor.

By no means a single disease with a single treatment, there are over 200 types of cancer. Each type has it's own name and treatment. Click on the links below to find out more about them.

Cancers

  • Anal cancer
  • Bile Duct cancer
  • Bladder cancer
  • Bone cancer
  • Secondary bone cancer
  • Bowel cancer
  • Brain cancer
  • Secondary brain tumours
  • Breast cancer - female
  • Breast cancer - male
  • Breast cancer - secondary
  • Carcinoid tumours
  • Cervical cancer
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Endocrine tumours
  • Gall bladder cancer
  • Gullet - Oesophagus cancer
  • Head and neck cancer
  • Kidney cancer
  • Laryngeal cancer
  • Leukaemia
  • Leukaemia - Acute Lymphoblastic
  • Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
  • Chronic Lymphicytic Leukaemia
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia
  • Liver cancer
  • Liver cancer - secondary
  • Lung cancer
  • Lung cancer - secondary
  • Lymph node cancer - secondary
  • Lymphoma - Hodgkin
  • Lymphoma - Non Hodgkin
  • Melanoma
  • Mesothelium
  • Myeloma
  • Neuroendocrine tumours
  • Ovarian cancer
  • Pancreatic cancer
  • Penile cancer
  • Prostate cancer
  • Pseudomyxoma peritonei
  • Skin cancer
  • Soft tissue sarcomas
  • Spinal cord tumours
  • Stomach cancer
  • Testicular cancer
  • Thymoma and thymic carcinoma
  • Thyroid cancer
  • Tracheal - windpipe cancer
  • Unknown primary cancer
  • Vulval cancer
  • Womb - uterus cancer

 *Information provided by Macmillan cancer support

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