Groups of Cancer

Major Groups of Cancer

 

(1) Carcinomas:         

            -90% of all human cancers

            -cancers of epithelial origin

•         skin

•         cells lining internal organs

•         glandular tissue

(2) Sarcomas:

-rare

-cells of connective tissue origin

(3) Leukemias & lymphomas:          

-8% of all human cancers

-blood-forming cells and cells of immune s

Cancer Curability

Curable:

Acute leukemia

Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma

(some aggressive types)

Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Wilm’s tumor

Ewing’s sarcoma

Retinoblastoma

Rhabdomyosarcoma

Testicular carcinoma

Choriocarcinoma

Occasional Response

Soft tissue sarcoma

Brain cancer

Non small cell lung cancer

Head and neck cancer

Urinary bladder transitional cell cancer

Improved Survival

Neuroblastoma, child

Aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Small cell lung cancer

Breast cancer

Colorectal cancer

Osteogenic sarcoma

Ineffective

Malignant melanoma

Pancreatic cancer

Renal cell cancer