Classification Scheme of Human Cancers

Classification Scheme of Human Cancers Nonmalignant intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms Specified nonmalignant intracranial or intraspinal neoplasms Unspecified intracranial or intraspinal neoplasms Osseous and chondromatous neoplasms, Ewing's rumor, and other neoplasms of bone (bone tumors) Osteosarcoma Chondrosarcoma Ewing's tumor Other specified and unspecified bone tumors (Other bone tumors) Other specified bone tumors Unspecified bone tumors Soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) Fibromatous neoplasms (Fibrosarcoma) Rhabdomyosarcoma Other soft-tissue sarcomas Other soft-tissue sarcomas Unspecified soft-tissue sarcomas Germ-cell and trophoblastic neoplasms (germ-cell tumors) Gonadal germ-cell and trophoblastic neoplasms Germ-cell and trophoblastic neoplasms of nongonadal sites Intracranial germ-cell and trophoblastic tumors Other nongonadal germ-cell and trophoblastic tumors Melanoma and skin carcinoma Melanoma Skin carcinoma

Leukemias Acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) Other and unspecified leukemia (Other Leuk) Other and unspecified lymphoid leukemias Other and unspecified myeloid leukemias Other specified leukemias (not elsewhere classified [NEC]) Lymphomas Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, specified subtype Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, subtype not specified Hodgkin's disease (HD) Hodgkin's disease, specified subtype Hodgin's disease, subtype not specified Central nervous system and other intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms (central nervous system [CNS] tumors) Astrocytoma Specified low-grade astrocytoma Glioblastoma and anaplastic astrocytoma Astrocytoma not otherwise specified Other gliomas Ependymoma Medulloblastoma and other primitive neuroectodermal tumors (Medulloblastoma) Other and unspecified malignant intracranial and entraspinal neoplasms (Other CNS) Other specified malignant intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms Unspecified malignant intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms xliii

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Classification Scheme of Human Cancers

Carcinomas (except of skin) Carcinoma of thyroid Other carcinoma of head and neck Nasopharyngeal carcinoma Carcinoma of other sites in lip, oral cavity, and pharynx Carcinoma of nasal cavity, middle ear, sinuses, larynx, and other ill-defined sites in head and neck Carcinoma of trachea, bronchus, lung, and pleura Carcinoma of breast Carcinoma of genitourinary (GU) tract Carcinoma of kidney Carcinoma of bladder Carcinoma of ovary and testis Carcinoma of cervix and uterus Carcinoma of other and ill-defined sites in GU tract Carcinoma of gastrointestinal (GI) tract Carcinoma of colon and rectum Carcinoma of stomach Carcinoma of liver and ill-defined sites in GI tract Birch et

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Carcinomas of other and ill-defined sites NEC Adrenocortical carcinoma Other carcinomas NEC Miscellaneous specified neoplasms NEC Embryonal tumors NEC Wilms' tumor Neuroblastoma Other embryonal tumors NEC Other rare miscellaneous specified neoplasms Paraganglioma and glomus tumors Other specified gonadal tumors NEC Myeloma, mast cell tumors, and miscellaneous reticuloendothelial neoplasms NEC Other specified neoplasms NEC Unspecified malignant neoplasms NEC