What is the prognosis for children and adolescents with cancer? The number of survivors will continue to increase, given that the incidence of childhood cancer has been rising slightly in recent decades and that survival rates overall are improving. In 2014–2018, rates of brain and other CNS tumors were higher in White children than all other racial and ethnic groups ( 3, 4).Īs of Janu(the most recent date for which data exist), approximately 483,000 survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer (diagnosed at ages 0 to 19 years) were alive in the United States ( 5). For example, in 2013–2017, among children ages 0 to 14, Hispanic children had nearly twice the rate of leukemia as Black children ( 2). Overall, among children and adolescents (ages 0 to 19) in the United States, the most common types of cancer are leukemias, brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumors, and lymphomas.Īmong children (ages 0 to 14 years), the most common types of cancer are leukemias, followed by brain and other CNS tumors, lymphomas, neuroblastoma, kidney tumors, and malignant bone tumors ( 1).Īmong adolescents (ages 15 to 19 years), the most common types of cancer are brain and other CNS tumors and lymphomas, followed by leukemias, thyroid cancer, gonadal (testicular and ovarian) germ cell tumors, and malignant bone tumors ( 1).ĭifferent racial and ethnic groups have differences in rates of the most common types of childhood cancer. Among adolescents ages 15 to 19 years, about 5,090 will be diagnosed with cancer and about 590 will die of the disease. Among children ages 0 to 14 years, it is estimated that in 2021, 10,500 will be diagnosed with cancer and 1,190 will die of the disease ( 1). In 2021, it is estimated that 15,590 children and adolescents ages 0 to 19 will be diagnosed with cancer and 1,780 will die of the disease in the United States ( 1).
Although cancer in children and adolescents is rare, it is the leading cause of death by disease past infancy among children in the United States.
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