CHILDHOOD CANCERS
Introduction
Cancers of infancy and childhood differs biologically and histologically from their counterparts occurring later in life.
The common childhood cancers are Leukemias,Lymphomas,Brain tumors and small round cell
tumors otherwise known as Blueomas, which are very unique with aprimitive or embryonic
microscopic appearance. These tumors are united by having a similar histological appearance
that is small round blue cells.
Neuroblastoma is neuroendocrine tumor arising from any neural crest elements of sympathetic
nervous system.It is the most common intraabdominal malignancy of infancy and most
common extracranial solid tumor of childhood. It comprises of 6%-10% of all childhood cancers
and causes 15% of cancer deaths in children.
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