Your cancer your life – types of cancer (most common type of cancer)


        YOUR CANCER YOUR LIFE – TYPES OF CANCER (MOST COMMON TYPE OF CANCER)
The most common type of cancer in men is called squamous carcinoma of the bronchus. 'Squamous' tells us that the cancer began in the big flat cells which line the bronchial tubes. This is the cancer we usually refer to as lung cancer but in fact there are also many different types of lung cancer, each starting in a different type of cell in the lung. The same principle goes for every other organ in the body.
It is very important to know exactly what type of cancer a person has. This is because once we know the exact type, we know how it is likely to behave—where it is likely to spread, how slowly or quickly it might develop and what treatment is likely to work against it. For example, the common type of breast cancer— adenocarcinoma— often reacts favourably to changes in the body's hormone balance. More unusual types of breast cancer, such as one starting in the fat cells of the breast, are never sensitive to hormone balance. The most common type of lung cancer— squamous carcinoma—can be cured in a fair proportion of cases by surgical removal. A slightly less common type of lung cancer — small cell anaplastic carcinoma— is very rarely cured by surgical removal, as it has a habit of spreading through the bloodstream very early.
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