{"id":233,"count":1,"description":"\"Childhood cancer,\" also called pediatric cancer, is a general term used to describe a range of cancer types found in children. Below are the most common types of cancer diagnosed in children under age 15:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Leukemia (accounts for about 28% of childhood cancer cases)\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/node\/31283\">Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/node\/31281\">Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/node\/31323\">Brain and spinal cord tumors<\/a>\u00a0(27%), also called central nervous system (CNS) tumors<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/node\/31395\">Neuroblastoma<\/a>\u00a0(6%), a tumor of immature nerve cells. The tumor often starts in the adrenal glands, which are located on top of the kidneys and are part of the body\u2019s endocrine (hormonal) system.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/node\/31270\">Non-Hodgkin lymphoma<\/a>\u00a0(6%) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/node\/31272\">Hodgkin lymphoma<\/a>\u00a0(3%), cancers that begin in the lymph system<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/node\/31257\">Wilms tumor<\/a>\u00a0(5%), a type of kidney tumor<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/node\/31380\">Rhabdomyosarcoma<\/a>\u00a0(3%), a type of tumor that most commonly begins in the striated skeletal muscles. Non-rhabdomyosarcoma\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/node\/31379\">soft tissue sarcomas<\/a>\u00a0can also occur in other parts of the body.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/node\/31298\">Germ cell tumors<\/a>\u00a0(3%), rare tumors that begin in the testicles of boys or ovaries of girls. Rarely, these tumors can begin in other places in the body, including the brain.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/node\/31381\">Retinoblastoma<\/a>\u00a0(2%), a type of eye tumor<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/node\/31389\">Osteosarcoma<\/a>\u00a0(2%) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/node\/31309\">Ewing sarcoma<\/a>\u00a0(1%), tumors that usually begin in or near the bone<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/node\/31383\">Pleuropulmonary blastoma<\/a>, a rare kind of lung cancer<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/node\/31274\">Hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma<\/a>\u00a0(1%), types of liver tumors<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","link":"https:\/\/indianpharmanetwork.co.in\/medicines\/category\/childhood-cancer\/","name":"Childhood Cancer","slug":"childhood-cancer","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianpharmanetwork.co.in\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianpharmanetwork.co.in\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianpharmanetwork.co.in\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianpharmanetwork.co.in\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}