What are common types of Cancer?
Below is a list of common cancer types. Cancers are typically named after the organs or tissues where they originate or by the type of cell that forms them. Additionally, cancer is often categorized by its stage, which reflects how advanced it is. This is determined by the size and location of the tumor and whether it has spread to nearby lymph nodes or other parts of the body
- Breast Cancer: Affects the breast tissue.
- Lung Cancer: Affects the lungs, often linked to smoking.
- Prostate Cancer: Affects the prostate gland in men.
- Colorectal Cancer: Affects the colon or rectum.
- Skin Cancer: Includes melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma.
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: starts in the lymphocytes.
- Leukemia: starts in the blood-forming tissue of the bone marrow.
- Stage 0 – abnormal cells are present but have not spread to nearby tissue. Also known as Carcinoma
- Stage 1 , 2, 3 – Cancer is present. The higher the number, the larger the cancer tumor and more it has spread to nearby tissues.
- Stage 4 – The cancer has spread to distant parts of the body
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in Black men. Prostate is also the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Latinos. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in Hispanic men and second most common cause among Hispanic women.