Source: Cancer Resource Room

Cancer is not common in children. If a child gets cancer, there are some types that are more likely to develop. These childhood cancers come from organs that are still developing.

Brain Tumors
Many childhood cancers occur in the brain or tissue related to nerve tissue.
To read more on childhood brain tumors >>>

Hematological Cancers

• Childhood Leukemia is the most common type of childhood cancer.
  To read more on childhood leukemias >>>
• Childhood Lymphomas are cancers of the lymph glands and lymphoid tissues of the body. They are broadly divided into Hodgkin’s disease and the Non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas.
  To read more on Hodgkin's Lymphoma >>>
  To read more on Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma >>>

• Eye - Retinoblastoma is a malignant (cancerous) tumor of the retina.
  To read more on Retinoblastoma >>>
• Hormone-producing organs - Neuroblastoma is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in nerve tissue of the adrenal gland, neck, chest, or spinal cord. childhood, usually in children younger than 5 years.
  To read more on Neuroblastoma >>>
• Kidney - Wilm's tumor is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in certain parts of the kidney.
  To read more on Wilm's tumor >>>
• Liver cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the liver.
  To read more on Liver Cancer >>>
• Unusual Childhood Cancers
  All of these cancers are rare enough that most pediatric hospitals might see fewer than two cases in a year.
  To read more on Ovarian/Germ Cell Tumors >>>
  To read more on Skin Cancer/Melanoma >>>
  To read more on Thyroid Cancer >>>

What's New in Childhood Cancers?

To Search Pub Med on childhood cancers, please see below.
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