Thursday, September 25, 2008

COMMON PEDIATRIC CANCERS

Common Pediatric Cancers

Children can get cancer in the same parts of the body as adults do, but cancers don't always act like or get treated like adult cancer. Childhood cancers can occur suddenly; however, they have a high rate of cure.

Some types of cancer are more common in children. The most common form of childhood cancer is leukemia. Leukemia is cancer of the blood.

In addition to leukemia, these are other common cancers found in children:

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