• Question: how many types of cancer is there?

    Asked by tegan95 to Sian, Sally, SallyB, Rebecca, Pete on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Rebecca Randell

      Rebecca Randell answered on 22 Jun 2010:


      There are over 200 types of cancer

    • Photo: Sally Fenton

      Sally Fenton answered on 22 Jun 2010:


      I am not sure about this but cancer can affect lots of cells in the body at different sites so there are quite a few.

    • Photo: Sian Lawson

      Sian Lawson answered on 23 Jun 2010:


      Lots. It’s more a collection of syndromes than one disease.

    • Photo: Peter Styring

      Peter Styring answered on 23 Jun 2010:


      No idea, but hundreds.

    • Photo: Sally Barber

      Sally Barber answered on 23 Jun 2010:


      I don’t know exactly, hundreds i think.

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