Question

Describe the various types of cancers.

Answer 1

The five major types of cancer is discussed below:

Carcinoma: Cancers derived from epithelial cells. It spreads in areas like breast, prostate, lung, pancreas and colon.

Sarcoma: Cancers which mainly affects connective tissue.

Lymphoma and leukemia: It originates in the hematopoietic (blood-forming) cells that leave the marrow and tend to mature in the lymph nodes and blood, respectively.

Germ cell tumor: Cancers which affects the germ cells of ovary and testis.

Blastoma: Cancers mainly affects embryonic tissue.