Types of Cancer
Awareness Months
Science & Medicine
100

This is the most common kind of cancer in the United States

Breast Cancer

100

This month of the year is Breast Cancer and Liver Cancer Awareness Month

October

100

This is a lump of tissue formed by bad cells growing in the body. It can be "malignant" or "benign"

Tumor

200

This type of cancer is commonly caused by smoking, and can cause chest pains

Lung Cance

200

This month of the year is Childhood Cancer, Leukemia, and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

September

200

This is a type of long-term cancer treatment that often results in hair loss

Chemotherapy

300

This is a name for cancers of the blood cells

Leukemia

300

This month of the year is Pancreatic Cancer, Lung Cancer, and Stomach Cancer Awareness Month

November

300

This is the name for the study of cancer

Oncology

400

This is how many known different kinds of cancer there are

over 100

400

This month of the year is Skin Cancer, Brain Cancer, and Bladder Cancer Awareness Month

May

400

This is how many people on average in the United States die of cancer each day

around 1,600