Common Types Of Cancer In Children | Life Expectancy - Dr. Mangesh P Kamath | Doctors' Circle

Dr. Mangesh P Kamath | Appointment booking no: 9900587736, 9900613143
Website: drmangeshkamathcancercare.com
Senior Consultant & Medical Director | Medical and HematoOncologist, BMT Physician,
Healius Cancer & Hematology Clinic, Banashankari Stage II, Bengaluru
Cancers in childhood are unique in the way that if they are detected at the earliest stage. Most of them are highly curable. However it is worthwhile to mention that childhood cancers present and are different from many of the adult cancers. For example in childhood the most common cancers are the brain tumor and blood cancers, they are followed by cancers of the brain, caners of the kidney called as Wilms tumor, brain cancers. Brain cancers are very common in children and they are robust treatment protocols such that the child can be treated with chemotherapy, radiation. Cancers of the kidney such as the Wilms tumor are highly curable when treated at earliest stage. Cancers o the liver are different from hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatoblastoma are highly curable in children. To summarize cancers in children are highly curable if treated in the earlier stages.
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