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Category of Childhood Cancer |
Affects |
Includes |
|
Leukemia |
Blood. It is
a cancer of the blood-forming cells |
· ALL:
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (76%) · AML: Acute non-lymphocytic leukemia (also called
acute myelogenous leukemia) (19%) |
|
Central nervous system |
Brain, spinal cord |
·
Gliomas (cancer of brain, spinal cord, certain glands) · Ependymoma
(cancer of lining of spinal cord and brain) · Astrocytoma
(cancer of connecting cells in nerves) |
|
Lymphoma |
Lymphatic
tissues (involved in fighting disease and part of the immune system) |
· Hodgkins
disease · Non-hodgkins
lymphoma |
|
Germ
cell tumors |
Develop
in tissues derived from the embryo, particularly ova or sperm Found in testicles, ovaries |
· Gonadal
germ cell · Gonadal
carcinomas · Intracranial
and intraspinal germ cell · Other
non-gonadal germ cell |
|
Soft
tissue sarcomas |
Muscle,
fat, blood vessels |
Rhabdomyosarcoma |
|
Malignant
bone tumors |
Bones Increases with growth rate of bones |
·
Ewings
sarcoma (30%) ·
Osteosarcoma (60%) ·
Chondosarcoma |
|
Carcinomas and other malignant epithelial neoplasms |
Variety of tissues and forms |
·
Thyroid carcinoma ·
Malignant melanoma ·
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
|
Sympathetic nervous system |
Nerves that lead from the brain and provide signals
to organs including the lungs, heart, and kidney |
Neuroblastoma
(96%) |
|
Renal |
Kidney |
·
Wilms tumor ·
Nephroblastoma |
|
Retinoblastoma |
Eye (retina) Early childhood only |
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