Pediatric Oncology

Childhood cancer also known as pediatric cancer is cancer in a child. In the United States, an arbitrarily adopted standard of the ages used are 0–14 years inclusive, that is, up to 14 years 11.9 months of age. However, the definition of childhood cancer sometimes includes adolescents between 15–19 years old. Pediatric oncology is the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in children. Cancers including leukemias, lymphomas, brain tumors, bone tumors, and solid tumors.

  • Diseases of blood cells including disorders of white cells, red cells, and platelets
  • Bleeding disorders
  • Brain and other tumors
  • Chronic myelogeneous leukemia
  • Hepatoblastoma
  • Acute lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemia
  • Acute myelomonocytic leukemia
  • Histiocytosis

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