Cancers Covered by the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund – 9/11 VCF
- Diffuse non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Follicular (nodular) non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Hodgkin’s disease
- Leiomyosarcoma
- Leukemia of unspecified cell type
- Lymphoid leukemia
- Lymphosarcoma and reticulosarcoma
- Macroglobulinemia
- Malignant immunoproliferative diseases
- Monocytic leukemia
- Multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms
- Myelodysplastic syndrome
- Myeloid leukemia
- Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms of lymphoid hematopoietic and related tissue
- Other and unspecified types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Other leukemias of specified cell type
- Peripheral and cutaneous T-cell lymphomas
- Thrombocythemia
- Carcinoid tumors
- Malignant neoplasm of other and ill-defined digestive organs
- Malignant neoplasm of the colon
- Malignant neoplasm of the esophagus, esophageal cancer
- Malignant neoplasm of the liver and intrahepatic bile ducts
- Malignant neoplasm of the rectum, rectal cancer, anal cancer
- Malignant neoplasm of the stomach, stomach cancer
- Malignant neoplasms of retroperitoneum and peritoneum
- Pancreatic cancer
- Malignant neoplasm of accessory sinuses
- Malignant neoplasm of gum
- Malignant neoplasm of lip
- Malignant neoplasm of mouth
- Malignant neoplasm of nasal cavity
- Malignant neoplasm of oral cavity and pharynx
- Malignant neoplasm of oropharynx, nasopharynx
- Malignant neoplasm of palate
- Malignant neoplasm of parotid gland
- Malignant neoplasm of piriform sinus
- Malignant neoplasm of salivary glands
- Malignant neoplasm of the hypopharynx
- Malignant neoplasm of the larynx, laryngeal cancer
- Malignant neoplasm of tonsil
- Throat cancer
The Victim Compensation Fund and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health define a rare cancer as “any type of cancer that occurs in less than 15 cases per 100,000 persons per year in the United States.” Some examples of cancer that meet the rare cancer definition include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Brain cancer, glioblastoma multiforme
- Gastrointestinal stromal malignancies
- Malignant neoplasm of the adrenal gland
- Malignant neoplasm of the central nervous system
- Malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder/biliary tract
- Malignant neoplasm of the male breast
- Malignant neoplasm of the penis
- Malignant neoplasm of the small intestine
- Malignant neoplasm of the testis
- Malignant neoplasm of the thymus
- Neuroendocrine malignancies
- Basal cell carcinoma
- Melanoma
- Non melanoma
- Squamous cell carcinoma
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- Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung, lung cancer
- Cancer of heart, mediastinum and pleura
- Cancer of other and ill-defined sites in the respiratory system and intrathoracic organs
- Malignant neoplasms of the trachea
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- Malignant melanoma of skin
- Malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue Skin (Non Melanoma)
- Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system
- Other malignant neoplasms of skin
- Scrotum Melanoma
- Malignant neoplasm of bladder, bladder cancer
- Malignant neoplasm of the kidney except renal pelvis, kidney cancer
- Malignant neoplasm of renal pelvis
- Malignant neoplasm of ureter
- Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified urinary organs
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