- Title Pages
- Associate Editors
- To Rosalie and Tricia
- Preface
- Contributors
- 30 Cancers of the Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses
- 31 Nasopharyngeal Cancer
- 32 Cancer of the Larynx
- 33 Cancer of the Lung
- 34 Pleural and Peritoneal Neoplasms
- 35 Cancers of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx
- 36 Esophageal Cancer
- 37 Stomach Cancer
- 38 Cancer of the Pancreas
- 39 Liver Cancer
- 40 Biliary Tract Cancer
- 41 Cancers of the Small Intestine
- 42 Cancers of the Colon and Rectum
- 43 Anal Cancer
- 44 The Leukemias
- 45 Hodgkin Lymphoma
- 46 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- 47 Multiple Myeloma
- 48 Bone Cancer
- 49 Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- 50 Thyroid Cancer
- 51 Breast Cancer
- 52 Ovarian Cancer
- 53 Endometrial Cancer
- 54 Cervical Cancer
- 55 Cancers of the Vulva and Vagina
- 56 Choriocarcinoma
- 57 Renal Cancer
- 58 Bladder Cancer
- 59 Prostate Cancer
- 60 Testicular Cancer
- 61 Penile Cancer
- 62 Nervous System
- 63 Cutaneous and Ocular Melanoma
- 64 Keratinocyte Carcinomas (Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Skin)
- 65 Cancers in Children
- 66 Multiple Primary Cancers
- Index
Cancers in Children
Cancers in Children
- Chapter:
- (p.1251) 65 Cancers in Children
- Source:
- Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
- Author(s):
JULIE A. ROSS
LOGAN G. SPECTOR
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Nearly 12,400 children and adolescents under the age of twenty years will be newly diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States. This means that a newborn has an approximately 1 in 315 chance of developing cancer in the first two decades of life. This chapter reviews the epidemiology of cancer in children. Topics covered include overall incidence, mortality and morbidity, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia, brain/central nervous system cancers, lymphomas, sympathetic nervous system tumors, soft tissue sarcoma, renal cancers, bone tumors, germ cell tumors, retinoblastoma, and hepatic tumors.
Keywords: cancer risk, cancer epidemiology, cancer prevention, children, tumors, sarcoma
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- Title Pages
- Associate Editors
- To Rosalie and Tricia
- Preface
- Contributors
- 30 Cancers of the Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses
- 31 Nasopharyngeal Cancer
- 32 Cancer of the Larynx
- 33 Cancer of the Lung
- 34 Pleural and Peritoneal Neoplasms
- 35 Cancers of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx
- 36 Esophageal Cancer
- 37 Stomach Cancer
- 38 Cancer of the Pancreas
- 39 Liver Cancer
- 40 Biliary Tract Cancer
- 41 Cancers of the Small Intestine
- 42 Cancers of the Colon and Rectum
- 43 Anal Cancer
- 44 The Leukemias
- 45 Hodgkin Lymphoma
- 46 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- 47 Multiple Myeloma
- 48 Bone Cancer
- 49 Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- 50 Thyroid Cancer
- 51 Breast Cancer
- 52 Ovarian Cancer
- 53 Endometrial Cancer
- 54 Cervical Cancer
- 55 Cancers of the Vulva and Vagina
- 56 Choriocarcinoma
- 57 Renal Cancer
- 58 Bladder Cancer
- 59 Prostate Cancer
- 60 Testicular Cancer
- 61 Penile Cancer
- 62 Nervous System
- 63 Cutaneous and Ocular Melanoma
- 64 Keratinocyte Carcinomas (Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Skin)
- 65 Cancers in Children
- 66 Multiple Primary Cancers
- Index
