Childhood Cancer Facts

"Each school day enough children are diagnosed with some form of childhood cancer to empty two classrooms!"

• Cancer is the #1 disease killer of children. 
• More than 40,000 infants, children and adolescents currently are being treated for childhood cancers. 
• The incidence of childhood cancer has increased every year over the past 25 years. 

This childhood cancer information was researched and developed as a public awareness and
educational instrument in a partnership between University Childrens Hospital at UCDMC and the
Keaton Raphael Memorial for Neuroblastoma, Inc.

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• General Information
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• Neuroblastoma (Cancer of the Nervous System)
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• Pediatric Brain Tumors
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• Medulloblastoma (Brain Tumor)
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• Osteosarcoma (Bone Cancer)
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• Ewing's Sarcoma (Bone Cancer)
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• Rhabdomyosarcoma (Tumor Affecting Muscles)
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• Wilms' Tumor (Tumor Affecting Kidneys)
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• Hodgkin's Disease (Cancer of Lymph Nodes)
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• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (Cancer of Lymph Nodes)
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• Retinoblastoma (Malignant Tumor of the Retina)
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• Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia-ALL (Cancer of the Bone Marrow)
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• Acute Myeloid Leukemia-AML (Cancer of the Bone Marrow)
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• Germ Cell Tumors
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• Rare Soft Tissue Tumors (Other than the Muscles)
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• Bone Marrow Transplant - Questions and Answers
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• Clinical Trials - Questions and Answers
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• Cancer Centers for Children
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• Childhood Cancer is a Family Diagnosis (.PDF File)
   
• Chilhood Cancer Care 2000 - Facts and Information (.PDF File)

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