What are the most common types of childhood cancer?
Even though cancer is a rare disease, there are some types that are more common for children to have than adults. Leukemia, cancer of the bone marrow, is the most common type of childhood cancer. Other common types of childhood cancer include brain tumors and lymphoma. Cancer is not contagious like a cold or the flu. It is no one’s fault when children get cancer. • What are the treatments for childhood cancer? Several doctors work together to form a cancer treatment team to help children with cancer get better. The team can consist of oncologists, radiologists, surgeons, and other doctors and nurses who specialize in caring for children with cancer. The types of cancer treatments are chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery. Treatments are done to make cancer go into remission, when there are no more detectable cancer cells in the body.
