Childhood cancer awareness
To create awareness about juvenile cancer types, symptoms, treatments and to support, September month has been chosen by medical community.
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Types of Childhood Cancers
Types of Childhood Cancers
- Leukemias:
Symptoms of Childhood Cancers
Early signs of pediatric cancer are sometimes hard to spot, since childhood is filled with common illnesses and injuries.
Risk factors for childhood cancer
What are the risk factors for developing a childhood cancer?
Lymphoma
Lymphoma starts in certain cells of the immune system called lymphocytes. These cancers affect lymph nodes and other lymph tissues, like the tonsils or thymus.
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
The most common childhood cancer, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia accounts for about 34 percent of all cancers in children.
Brain Tumors
Brain tumors and other nervous system tumors make up about 27 percent of childhood cancers. There are many types of brain tumors and the treatment and outlook for each is different.
Neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma arises from immature nerve cells in infants and young children. Primarily found in children younger than 5, this disease often begins in the adrenal glands and makes up 7 percent
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