Endocrine cancers arise in cells of the endocrine system and include Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Carcinoid Tumor, Gastrointestinal, Islet Cell Carcinoma (Endocrine Pancreas), Parathyroid Cancer, Pheochromocytoma, Pituitary Tumor, and Thyroid Cancer.
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A rare disease in which cancer cells are found in the adrenal cortex. Cancer of the adrenal cortex is also called adrenocortical carcinoma. The inside layer of the adrenal gland is called the adrenal medulla. Cancer that starts in the adrenal medulla is called pheochromocytoma.
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Tumors found in the pituitary gland, a small organ about the size of a pea in the center of the brain just above the back of the nose is called Pituitary Cancer. The pituitary gland makes hormones that affect the growth and the functions of other glands in the body.
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Thyroid cancer is made up of thyroid cells whose DNA has changed so that they do not die when they should - they continue to grow and form one or more tumours. It often presents as a single "nodule" (small tumour) in the thyroid. It can also spread. There are four types of thyroid cancer; papillary, follicular, medullary, and anaplastic.