Childhood Cancer

Penney Upton

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-17299-1_341

Childhood Cancer

Penney Upton

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Childhood cancer is very rare; only around 1 in 200 (0.5%) of all cancers occur in children aged under 15 years (Strobel et al. 2007). Leukemia is the most common type of childhood cancer, representing about one-third of all cancers in under 15 year olds (Childhood Cancer Research Group 2011). The majority (80%) of childhood leukemia cases are acute lymphatic leukemia (ALL). Other types include acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), although chronic forms of leukemia are more common in adults than children. The second most common childhood cancers are central nervous system (CNS) tumors, which account for about a quarter of all childhood...

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research
Editors	Filomena Maggino
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	851-853
Number of pages	3
Edition	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031172991
ISBN (Print)	9783031172984
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17299-1_341
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2024

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