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Types of cancer4 types - answer1. Carcinoma
2. Sarcoma
3. Leukemia
4. Lymphoma
cancers are classified according to what ? - answer type of cell
organ in which they originate
carcinoma - answer starts in EPITHELIUM, layers of cells that covers body's surface or
line internal organs/glans
***most common type
malignant
most common type - answer carcinoma
sarcoma - answer forms in the supporting or CONNECTIVE TISSUES: bones, muscles,
blood vessels
lymphoma - answerarises in cells of lymph system, or the network in body that filters out
impurities
of lymph tissue, usually malignant, as in Hodgkin disease
lymphatic system - answerDefense against infection and disease
the network of vessels through which lymph drains from the tissues into the blood.
What system picks up excess fluid from the skin to avoid swelling?
leukemia - answerblood cancer
characterized by increase of cancerous white blood cells (leukocytes)
blood forming tissues: bone-marrow, lymph nodes, spleen
cancer of lungs, breasts, colon, bladder - answercarcinoma
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