Childhood cancer cancers, also called Pediatric cancers are cancers that affect children from the birth to adolescence. Most of these cancers are quite rare and behave differently than they do in adults.
According to the WHO, approximately 400,000 children (aged 0-19 years) are diagnosed with cancer every single year.
Types of Childhood Cancers
The common types of Childhood cancers are:
- Lymphoma
- Leukemia
- Neuroblastoma
- Retinoblastoma
- Wilm’s tumor or Nephroblastoma
- Brain tumors
- Bone Cancers like Osteosarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma
- Soft tissue cancers like Rhabdomyosarcoma
References:
National Cancer Institute. https://www.cancer.gov/types/childhood-cancers
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