Cancer/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Neoplasm [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

•  Oncology: The medical diagnosis and treatment of neoplasia, using pharmacologic, radiation, immunologic and surgical techniques; relevant formal subspecialties are medical oncology in internal medicine and radiation oncology in radiology; surgeons also may specialize in neoplasia ^[e]
•  Antineoplastic agent: Drug that prevents the development, maturation, or spread of neoplastic cells. ^[e]

Types

•  Carcinoma: Malignant tumors derived from epithelial cells; the most common class of cancer, including the common forms of breast, prostate, lung and colon cancer in humans, not a general term for cancer but frequently and incorrectly used as such ^[e]
•  Leukemia: Progressive but treatable disease of the leukocytes in the blood and their precursors in bone marrow; classified by the maturity of the proliferating cells ^[e]
•  Lymphoma: A malignancy of the lymphoid immune cells. ^[e]
•  Sarcoma: A class of neoplasms that originate in connective tissue or its precursor mesenchymal stem cells ^[e]
• Mesothelioma: Tumors derived from the mesothelial cells lining the peritoneum and the pleura ^[e]
•  Glioma: A central nervous system tumor, which may be benign or malignant, which arises from neuroglial cells ^[e]
• Germinoma: Tumors derived from germ cells, normally found in the testicle and ovary ^[e]
• Choriocarcinoma: Malignant carcinoma derived from the placenta ^[e]

Risk factors

•  anti-cancer food: Foods known to reduce the risk of cancer. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Breast cancer [r]: Cancer of the glandular breast tissue. ^[e]