Cancer & Tumors terms

A type of virus that infects T cells (a type of white blood cell) and can cause leukemia and lymphoma.

An uncommon type of thyroid tumor that can be benign or malignant.

Cancer that forms in tissues of the hypopharynx (the bottom part of the throat).

A type of cancer that grows slowly.

A type of lymphoma that tends to grow and spread slowly, and has few symptoms.

Cancer that has spread from where it started in the breast into surrounding, healthy tissue.

Cancer that has spread beyond the layer of tissue in which it developed and is growing into surrounding, healthy tissues.

The most common type of invasive breast cancer.

A type of breast cancer in which the breast looks red and swollen and feels warm.

A type of lymphoma that grows and spreads quickly and has severe symptoms.

A tumor that occurs in the brain.

A noninvasive condition in which abnormal cells are found in the lining of a breast duct.

A rare cancer of melanocytes (cells that produce the pigment melanin) found in the eye.

Cancer that has spread from where it started in the breast into surrounding, healthy tissue.

Cancer that has spread beyond the layer of tissue in which it developed and is growing into surrounding, healthy tissues.

Cancer that has spread from the surface of the cervix to tissue deeper in the cervix or to other parts of the body.

A type of cancer that grows into the muscular wall of the uterus.

A type of tumor in which surface epithelial cells grow downward into the underlying supportive tissue.

A rare cancer that forms in the islets of Langerhans cells (a type of cell found in the pancreas).

A mass of abnormal cells that forms in the endocrine (hormone-producing) tissues of the pancreas.