- Carcinoma - cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs. This is often called epithelial tissue.
Examples: Bladder, Brain, Breast, Cervical, Colorectal, Endometrial, Kidney (Renal), Lung, melanoma (skin), Ovarian, Pancreatic, Prostate and Thyroid.
- 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.
