Every cell in the body has a system that controls how it grows, how it interacts with other cells, and how long it lives. Sometimes, cells lose that control and grow in a way that the body can no longer control. This is called cancer.
The most common cancers of children are:
- Leukemia.
- Brain and spinal cord tumors.
- Neuroblastoma.
- Wilms tumor.
- Lymphoma (including both Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin)
- Rhabdomyosarcoma.
- Retinoblastoma.
- Bone cancer (including osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma)
