Cancer Types

As the most common cancer among women, breast cancer accounts for approximately 30 percent of all new cancers in the United States.

The five most common types of gastrointestinal cancer are colorectal, stomach (gastric), liver, esophageal, and pancreatic.

Genitourinary cancer includes cancers of the urinary system in men and women, as well as the reproductive tract in men.

Gynecologic cancer includes cervical, ovarian, uterine, vaginal, and vulvar.

The five most common types of head and neck cancers are laryngeal and hypopharyngeal, nasal cavity and paranasal sinus, nasopharyngeal, oral and oropharyngeal, and salivary gland cancers.

Hematologic (blood) cancers can be classified into three categories: leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma.

There are two main types of lung cancer: non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for 80-85 percent of lung cancer cases, and small cell lung cancer, which accounts for 10-15 percent of cases.

Sarcoma is a term for a group of cancers that originate in the bones and in the soft tissues of the body such as cartilage, fat, muscle, nerves, and tendons.

Encompasses non-melanoma skin cancers (including basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas) and melanoma.