Types of Cancer

Types of Cancer

Introduction

Division and replacement of cells of the body takes place throughout the life for the growth and development of the human body. This is a natural process. Cancer initiates when variations in genes occur in the nucleus of cell, it starts dividing rapidly and cause abnormal growth and this growth become out of control. Tumor is defined as the cluster of such abnormally growing cells. Most of the cancers transform into the tumor, but not all tumors are cancerous.

Types of Cancer

There are four major types of cancer

1-Carcinoma

2-Sarcoma

3-Lymphoma

4-Leukemia

Carcinoma

Carcinoma is the most common type of cancer. This means that ...