Childhood Salivary Gland Cancer
Salivary gland cancer is rare in children, accounting for less than 1 percent of all childhood cancers in the...
Childhood Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Nasopharyngeal cancer develops in the lining of the nasal cavity and pharynx, the upper part of the throat. Infection...
Childhood Oral Cavity Cancer
Oral cavity cancer – cancer that develops in tissues of the mouth – is very rare in children. About...
Childhood Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid cancer accounts for about 1.5 percent of all cancer in people age 0 to 19 in the United...
Childhood Laryngeal Tumors
Tumors of the larynx are rare in children and cancerous tumors of the larynx are particularly rare. The larynx...
Wilms Tumor and Other Childhood Kidney Tumors
Childhood kidney cancers account for about 7 percent of all childhood cancers. Most childhood kidney cancers are Wilms tumor,...
Unusual Cancers of Childhood
Cancer in children and teenagers is rare. Since 1975, the number of new cases of childhood cancer has slowly...
Osteosarcoma and Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone
Osteosarcoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of the bone are forms of bone cancer. Osteosarcoma usually starts in osteoblasts,...
Retinoblastoma
Retinoblastoma is a cancer that forms in the tissues of the retina, the nerve tissue that lines the inside...
Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma
Childhood rhabdomyosarcoma is a cancer that forms in muscle tissue. It is the most common type of soft tissue...