Comprehensive information resources to help put a diagnosis of cancer in perspective.
The physicians and scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have pioneered many of the leading-edge therapies that have made possible the remarkable progress in curing many infants, children, teenagers, and young adults with cancer.
Leukemias, brain tumors, and other nervous system tumors, lymphomas, bone cancers, soft tissue sarcomas, kidney cancers, eye cancers, and adrenal gland cancers are the most common types of childhood cancers.
The primary modes of treatment for childhood cancers include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and immunotherapy. The treatment each individual receives, and the sequence in which the treatments are given, depend on the type of cancer and the stage of the disease.
