Leukemia
Leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, attacked at least 34 percent of all childhood cancer survivors. Types of leukemia that usually is acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).
Brain and nervous system tumors
As many as 27 percent of cases of childhood cancer is one type. For the case of brain tumors, there are also many types and how to handle it. It usually attacks the brain tumor stem cells or cerebellum or little brain.
Neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma is a form of cancer that begins to form in nerve cells when the baby is still in the womb. Most types of cancer found in infants and small children or who are not older than 10 years. Approximately seven percent of children with cancer suffer from this disease.
Nefroblastoma
Nefroblastoma is a cancer that attacks one or both kidneys of children whose average age 3-4 years. Sign is the appearance of cancer Nefroblastoma swelling or lump in the abdomen child. Nefroblastoma attacked 34 percent of all childhood cancer survivors.
Lymphoma
Lymphoma cancer attacks the lymph nodes and other lymph tissue, such as tonsils. Sometimes lymphoma also affect the bone marrow and other organs. Basically there are two jens lymphoma, Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Hodgkin lymphoma accounts for four percent of cancers in children (and usually also affect adults). While non-Hodgkin's lymphoma often grow quickly and require intensive care.
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma commonly abbreviated to RMS. This cancer attacks the three per cent of the total number of children with cancer. RMS usually develops in skeletal muscle cells that functions to move the body parts.
Eye cancer
Next there is eye cancer that usually affects children aged 2-6 years. The existence of cancer of the eye to make eyes look white or pink when photographed. Unnatural child's vision also needs to be looked at carefully so that cancer that attacks three percent of people with children can be addressed.
Bone cancer
Type of cancer that often affects children is also bone cancer (about three percent). Sometimes bone cancer caused by another cancer that eventually spread to the bone.
That is various types of cancer most often affects children. Actually there are many other types of cancer that can affect children even though the numbers are relatively rare.
