Childhood Cancer...

Although childhood cancer is rare among those younger than 20 years of age, it is estimated that approximately 12,400 children
younger than 20 years of age were diagnosed with childhood cancer in 1998 and 2,500 died of cancer in 1998

As a cause of death, childhood cancer varies in its relative importance over the age range from newborn to age 19.

Based on data for 1995, in infants younger than one year of age, there were fewer than one hundred cancer deaths (representing only 0.2% of infant deaths), making it a minor cause of death in comparison to other events during the perinatal period.

For children between one and nineteen, cancer ranked fourth as a cause of death behind unintentional injuries (12,447), homicides(4,306), suicides (2,227).

The probability of developing cancer prior to age 20 varies slightly by sex. A newborn male has 0.32 percent probability of developing cancer by age 20, (i.e., a 1 in 300 chance). Similarly a newborn female has a 0.30 percent probability of developing cancer by age a 1 in 333 chance).

Childhood cancer is not one disease entity, but rather is a spectrum of different malignancies. Childhood cancers vary by type of histology, site of disease origin, race, sex, and age.

To explain some of these variations we have put together a series of articles on the main types of childhood cancer.

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Childhood Cancer...

Although childhood cancer is rare among those younger than 20 years of age, it is estimated that approximately 12,400 children younger than 20 years of age were diagnosed with childhood cancer in 1998 and 2,500 died of cancer in 1998

Although childhood cancer is rare among those younger than 20 years of age, it is estimated that approximately 12,400 children
younger than 20 years of age were diagnosed with childhood cancer in 1998 and 2,500 died of cancer in 1998