Types
Treatments
Causes
100
Cancer that occurs most often in women, rarely in men, and includes lumps.
What is breast cancer
100
This treatment involves cutting you open to remove the cancer.
What is surgery
100
This type of cause involves things such as carcinogens.
What is chemical
200
Occurs only in men and can include difficulty urinating or possible no symptoms at all.
What is prostate cancer
200
This treatment uses drugs commonly in pill or IV form.
What is chemotherapy
200
This is caused by your personal health and how you manage your own body.
What is diet and exercise
300
Occurs when the pigment-producing cells that give color to your skin become cancerous.
What is melanoma
300
This treatment uses high-energy particles to destroy or damage cancer cells.
What is radiation
300
This cause is when you become invaded by pathogens
What is infections
400
Two different types of this are non-small cell and small cell. It often occurs in people who smoke.
What is lung cancer
400
This treatment uses your body's own immune system to fight the cancer
What is immunotherapy
400
This is the passing of certain traits down to you when you're born.
What is heredity
500
This type of brain cancer originates in particular star-shaped brain cells.
What is astrocytoma
500
This treatment involves the carefully controlled use of very high temperatures to kill cancer cells.
What is hyperthermia
500
This is what your exposed to after a nuclear fallout.
What is radiation