Cancer & Tumors terms

Cancer that develops in C cells of the thyroid.

A form of cancer that begins in melanocytes (cells that make the pigment melanin).

A protein found on normal melanocytes (cells that make the pigment melanin) in the skin and in the retina.

Abnormal melanocytes (cells that make melanin, the pigment that gives skin its color) are found in the epidermis (outer layer of the skin).

A cancer vaccine prepared from human melanoma cancer cells.

A serious problem that may occur in leukemia.

A rare type of cancer that forms on or just beneath the skin, usually in parts of the body that have been exposed to the sun.

A rare type of cancer that forms on or just beneath the skin, usually in parts of the body that have been exposed to the sun.

A general term used to describe cancer that begins in cells that have changed into another cell type (for example, a squamous cell of the esophagus changing to resemble a cell of the stomach).

A type of cancer that begins in cells that line certain internal organs and produce mucin (the main component of mucus).

A type of cancer that arises in cells in mucosal tissue that are involved in antibody production.

A rare cancer of the uterus, ovary, or fallopian tubes.

Breast cancer in which there is more than one tumor, all of which have formed separately from one another.

Breast cancer in which there is more than one tumor, all of which have arisen from one original tumor.

A type of cancer that begins in plasma cells (white blood cells that produce antibodies).

Cancer that arises in plasma cells, a type of white blood cell.

A type of cancer that begins in plasma cells (white blood cells that produce antibodies).

Cancer that forms in tissues of the nasopharynx (upper part of the throat behind the nose).

The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research.

A type of leukemia in which large natural killer (NK) cells (a type of white blood cell) that contain granules (small particles) are found in the blood.