Cancer
Cancer is when normal body tissues change into abnormal cells and grow uncontrollably. Almost any body part can develop cancer. These abnormal cells can move through fluid such as blood, lymph, or spinal fluid to other parts of the body. This is called metastasis.
Topics within childhood cancers include:
- acute lympoblastic leukemia (ALL)
- acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)
- astrocytoma
- bone cancer
- chemotherapy
- chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML)
- complementary therapies for cancer
- Ewing's sarcoma
- Hodgkin's disease
- osteogenic sarcoma
- parent with cancer
- radiation
- school re-entry
- soft-tissue sarcoma
- Wilms' tumor
More information
Visit these websites for more information:
ACS - cancer.org - American Cancer Society
ACTION: Arizona Children's Therapeutic & Investigational Oncology Network - Arizona-based Clinical Trials for Children with Cancer
Childhood Cancer Center - Patient-centered Guides
Childhood Cancers - National Cancer Institute
CureSearch - CureSearch represents the combined efforts of the National Childhood Cancer Foundation and the Children's Oncology Group.
Helping Children When a Family Member has Cancer: Dealing with Diagnosis - American Cancer Society
nbmtLINK - National Bone Marrow Transplant Link
PBTF - Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
