Pediatric Oncology

Pediatrics cancers that occur between birth and 15 years of age. Childhood cancers are rare and may differ from adult cancers in the way they grow and spread, how they are treated, and how they respond to treatment. Childhood cancers comprise neuroblastoma (begins in certain nerve cells), leukemia (begins in blood-forming tissue such as bone marrow), lymphoma (begins in the cells of the immune system), retinoblastoma (begins in the tissues of the retina), Wilms tumour (a type of kidney cancer), and cancers of the brain, bone, and soft tissue.

  • Cancers that are exclusive to children include:
  • Neuroblastoma (7% of cases)
  • Wilms tumour (5% of cases)
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma (3 to 4% of cases)
  • Retinoblastoma (3% of cases)

Children who survive cancer have more than years, adults to develop long-term consequences of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, which include

  • Infertility
  • Poor growth
  • Cardiac damage
  • Psychosocial effects
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