cancer of the liver, liver cancer - malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort

cancer, malignant neoplastic disease - any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream

adenocarcinoma, glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma - malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium

breast cancer - cancer of the breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US

carcinoma in situ, preinvasive cancer - a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body

colon cancer - a malignant tumor of the colon; early symptom is bloody stools

embryonal carcinoma - malignant neoplasm of the testis

endometrial cancer, endometrial carcinoma - cancer of the uterine lining

hepatocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoma, malignant hepatoma - carcinoma of the liver

lung cancer - carcinoma of the lungs; one of the commonest forms of cancer

mesothelioma - a rare form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart; usually associated with exposure to asbestos dust

oat cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma - highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas

oral cancer - malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth; most common in men over the age of 60

pancreatic cancer - cancer of the pancreas

seminoma, testicular cancer - malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men

skin cancer - a malignant neoplasm of the skin

trophoblastic cancer - malignant neoplasm of the uterus derived from the epithelium of the chorion