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  2. List of cancer types - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of cancer types. Cancer is a group of diseases that involve abnormal increases in the number of cells, with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [1] Not all tumors or lumps are cancerous; benign tumors are not classified as being cancer because they do not spread to other parts of the body. [1]

  3. The 10 Most Common Types of Cancer in the United States - AOL

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    About 65,620 new cases of uterine cancer will be diagnosed in 2020, according to the American Cancer Society, (ACS), and about 12,590 women will die from these cancers during the same year.

  4. Adenocarcinoma - Wikipedia

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    Many seborrheic keratoses on back of person with Leser–Trélat sign due to colon cancer. Examples of cancers where adenocarcinomas are a common form: esophageal cancer; most cases in the developed world are adenocarcinomas. [2] pancreas; over 80% of pancreatic cancers are ductal adenocarcinomas. [3] prostate cancer is nearly always adenocarcinoma

  5. Leukemia - Wikipedia

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    All ages, [3] most common in 60s and 70s. [4] It is the most common malignant cancer in children, but the cure rates are also higher for them. Causes: Inherited and environmental factors [5] Risk factors: Smoking, family history, ionizing radiation, some chemicals such as trichloroethylene, prior chemotherapy, Down syndrome. [3] [5] Diagnostic ...

  6. Gastrointestinal cancer - Wikipedia

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    Pancreatic cancer is the fifth most-common cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, [8] and the seventh most-common in Europe. [9] In 2008, globally there were 280,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer reported and 265,000 deaths. [10] These cancers are classified as endocrine or nonendocrine tumors. The most common is ductal ...

  7. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia - Wikipedia

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    [15] [4] In the United States it is the most common cause of cancer and death from cancer among children. [2] Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is notable for being the first disseminated cancer to be cured. [16] Survival for children increased from under 10% in the 1960s to 90% in 2015. [2] Survival rates remain lower for babies (50%) [17] and ...

  8. 5 cancer types where screenings save the most lives - AOL

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    Using the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) and cancer mortality data, the study analyzed death rates and screenings for five cancer types: breast, cervical ...

  9. Doctors: Cancer patients cured a decade after gene therapy - AOL

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    They say the two examples show the treatment, called CAR-T cell therapy, can attack cancer immediately, then stay inside the body for years and evolve there to keep the disease at bay. Such so ...