What type cancer can children die from? | Female Cancers Guide

What type cancer can children die from?

Unfortunately, just about any kind. Three common cancers in children (horrible thought), are medulloblastoma (in the brain), neuroblastoma (usually in the gut), and leukemia (in the blood). They are in descending order of potential fatality, if that makes sense. The medulloblastoma offers the least hope of survival.From http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/cancer/cancer.html
?Cancer affects only about 14 of every 100,000 children in the United States each year. Among all age groups, the most common childhood cancers are leukemia, lymphoma, and brain cancer. As kids enter the teen years, there is an increase in the incidence of osteosarcoma (bone cancer).?
Although ~ 70% of childhood cancers are being cured, 30% still may die from these diseases
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From the NCI http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Sites-Types/childhood
?Among the 12 major types of childhood cancers, leukemias (blood cell cancers) and cancers of the brain and central nervous system account for more than half of the new cases. About one-third of childhood cancers are leukemias. The most common type of leukemia in children is acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The most common solid tumors are brain tumors (e.g., gliomas and medulloblastomas), with other solid tumors (e.g., neuroblastomas, Wilms tumors, and sarcomas such as rhabdomyosarcoma and osteosarcoma) being less common.?Many of the kids in the St Jude hospital for children with cancer suffer from ?Osteosarcoma? which is a bone tumor. ?Rhabdomyosarcoma? is the other form of soft tissue cancer very common in kids.

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