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Explain the types of cancers on the basis of the tissues from which they are formed?

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Cancers are classified on the basis of the tissues, from which they are formed.
(a) Carcinomas arise from epithelial and glandular tissues.
(b) Sarcomas occur in connective and muscular tissue. They include the cancer of bones, cartilage, tendons, adipose tissue and muscles.
(c) Leukaemia are characterised by an increase in the formation of white blood cells in the bone marrow and lymph nodes Leukaemia are called blood cancers.
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