Carcinomas

Carcinomas are cancers that start on the surface or lining of a body organ. The surface or lining may be on the inside of the body (for example, the lungs, bowel, bladder, stomach, or uterus) or on the outside (for example, the skin). Around nine out of 10 cancers are carcinomas.
 
Sarcomas
 
Cancers that start in the body’s bones, fat, muscles, tendons, cartilage or some other tissues are called sarcomas.
 
Melanomas
 
Melanomas are cancers that start in the cells that make our skin colour.
 
Lymphomas
 
Lymphomas are cancers that start in cells called lymphocytes. These cells are in the bone marrow and lymph nodes, and they help us to fight infection.
 
Leukaemias
 
Cancers of the white blood cells are called leukaemias. We need white cells to fight infection.

Myelomas

Myelomas are cancers of the plasma cells in bone marrow. These cells make antibodies that help us to fight infection.

Nerve cell tumours

Cancers that start in the cells of the brain or the spinal cord are called nerve cell tumours.

Germ cell tumours
 
Cancers that start in the cells that make sperm (in men) and eggs (in women) are called germ cell tumours.