- Carcinoma: Carcinoma is a type of cancer that begins in the skin or tissues around internal organs. Some common forms of carcinoma include choriocarcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma.
- Sarcoma: Sarcoma is rare and can vary depending on where it originates, such as in the bone, cartilage, muscle, fat, blood vessels, or other connective tissue. Examples of sarcoma include liposarcoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, osteosarcoma, and Kaposi’s sarcoma.
- Leukemia: Leukemia describes cancers that start in the blood cells or bone marrow. Many types of leukemia exist, including acute and chronic lymphoblastic leukemia and acute and chronic myeloid leukemia.
- Lymphoma and myeloma: Lymphoma and myeloma are cancers that start in the blood — lymphoma in lymphocytes and myeloma in the bone marrow. Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma are the most common forms of these hematologic cancers.
