What Kinds of Cancer Do Kids Get?
There are different types of cancer. Even though cancer is rare, some types are more common for children to have than adults. Kids with cancer will usually have leukemia, brain cancer, or lymphomas. • Leukemia Leukemia is the most common type of cancer that affects kids, even though leukemia is a rare disease. Leukemia affects the body’s bone marrow. The bone marrow is where the body makes red and white blood cells. Your body uses white blood cells to fight infections and illness. Leukemia makes the white blood cells grow too quickly for the body to use them. Then, the body can’t fight infections and stay healthy. • Brain Tumor When a group of cancer cells grows together, they can form a clump called a tumor. Tumors can grow anywhere in the body, even the brain. The brain controls the whole body. When a tumor is in the brain, healthy brain cells have no room to grow. Brain tumors affect people differently, depending on where the tumor is in the brain. • Lymphoma The lymphatic system ke
