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Which tissue type is most likely to be where cancer begins or can cancer occur at the same prevalence in all tissue types?
Epithelial tissue is the tissue type most likely to be affected by cancer. Cancer that develop in the epithelial cells are known as Carcinoma. Carcinomas include 90% of human cancers.
There are different type of epithelial tissue and they can develop into different types of carcinoma.
Squamous cell carcinoma starts in the squamous cells
Adenocarcinoma starts in glandular cells known as adenomatous cells.
Transitional cell carcinoma starts in transitional cells
Basal cell carcinoma starts in basal cells.