Question

Cancer cells are named after the organ of origin or tissue that they consist of.

Answer 1

Cancers are usually named using -carcinoma, -sarcoma or -blastoma as a suffix, with the Latin or Greek word for the organ or tissue of origin as the root. ... For some common cancers, the English organ name is used. For example, the most common type of breast cancer is called ductal carcinoma of the breast.