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Parent topics
Subtopics
- Oncology [r]: 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]
Types
- Carcinoma [r]: 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 [r]: 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 [r]: A malignancy of the lymphoid immune cells. [e]
- Sarcoma [r]: A class of neoplasms that originate in connective tissue or its precursor mesenchymal stem cells [e]
- Mesothelioma [r]: Tumors derived from the mesothelial cells lining the peritoneum and the pleura [e]
- Glioma [r]: A central nervous system tumor, which may be benign or malignant, which arises from neuroglial cells [e]
- Germinoma [r]: Tumors derived from germ cells, normally found in the testicle and ovary [e]
- Choriocarcinoma [r]: Malignant carcinoma derived from the placenta [e]
Risk factors
- Anti-cancer food [r]: Foods known to reduce the risk of cancer. [e]
- Breast cancer [r]: Cancer of the glandular breast tissue. [e]