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Most Common Cancers in Children and Teens

Leukemia is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in children under the
age of fourteen and epithelial cancers of the tissues lining surfaces of the
body and organs are the mostly commonly diagnosed cancers in young
people between the ages of fifteen and nineteen. This is the finding of a
2017 National Cancer Institute report. The pie charts show the incidence
of different cancer diagnoses for children and teens worldwide between
2009 and 2012, which is the most recent information available.

Age-Adjusted and Age-Specific Cancer Incidence
Rates for Patients Aged 0–14 Years, 2009–2012

5%
4% Leukemia
6% Central Nervous System
4% 7%
Lymphoma
3% 10%
Soft tissue
2%
Neuroblastoma
2%
Renal
26% Bone
Epithelial
31%
Germ cell
Retinoblastoma
Liver

Age-Adjusted and Age-Specific Cancer Incidence
Rates for Patients Aged 15–19 Years, 2009–2012

12% Epithelial
5% 6% 14% Central Nervous System
1% Lymphoma
Leukemia
1%
Germ cell
20% Soft tissue
21%
Bone
Renal
20%
Liver

Source: National Cancer Institute, “Unusual Cancers of Childhood Treatment (PDQ ® )–Health Professional Version,”
September 29, 2017. www.cancer.gov/types/childhood-cancers/hp/unusual-cancers-childhood-pdq.

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