Cancer Types

Question 1

Cancers that occur on the skin or tissues that line internal organs.

Answer 1

Carcinomas

Question 2

Cancers that occur in the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.

Answer 2

Sarcomas

Question 3

Cancers that occur in the cells of the blood and bone marrow.

Answer 3

Leukemias

Question 4

Cancers that occur in the cells of the immune system.

Answer 4

Lymphomas

Question 5

Cancers that occur in the cells of the brain and spinal cord.

Answer 5

Central Nervous System Cancers

Question 6

Normal cell division is called…

Answer 6

Mitosis

Question 7

Cell self-destruction is called…

Answer 7

Apoptosis

Question 8

A cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell, which normally helps you fight infections by making antibodies. These cells accumulate in bone marrow and crowd out healthy blood cells.

Answer 8

Multiple Myeloma

Question 9

A bone marrow failure disorder in which the body no longer makes enough healthy, normal blood cells in the bone marrow. Often called preleukemia.

Answer 9

MDS (Myelodysplastic Syndrome)