The primary treatment for melanoma is surgical resection, typically including a wide local excision of the primary melanoma skin lesion.

In the United States, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men, and it surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer death in women in the latter part of the 1980s.

The primary treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC – also known as hepatoma) is surgical removal, often by means of a complete liver removal and liver transplantation from an unrelated donor.

The primary treatment for malignant tumors of the kidney (renal cell carcinoma - RCC) is surgical removal (1-6).

Head and neck cancer may arise from the oral cavity, tongue, tonsil, throat (including voice box), nasal areas, and salivary glands among other areas.

Esophageal cancer is a cancer that occurs when cells anywhere along the esophagus mutate and grow abnormally to form tumors.

Much more common than cervical cancer, the American Cancer Society estimates endometrial cancer will cause about 8,010 deaths in 2012.

Cervical cancer was once one of the most common causes of cancer death for American women. The number of cervical cancer deaths in the United States has dropped by 74% and continues to decline by nearly 4% a year.

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women. There are over 180,000 new cases of breast cancer diagnosed annually in the United States.

Approximately 17,000 new cases of brain cancer occur every year in the United States. They are relatively rare in childhood and adolescence, and then become increasingly more common as people age. Brain cancer accounts for about 2% of cancer deaths.

Approximately 18,000 people are diagnosed with brain cancer each year, and almost 13,000 Americans die of brain cancer yearly.

Anal cancer is fairly rare. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2012 about 6,230 new cases of anal cancer will be diagnosed in the United States.