Children's cancers are rare.These cancers are quite different from cancers affecting adults. They tend to occur in different parts of the body, they look different under the microscope and respond differently to treatment.

Cure rates for children are much higher than for most adult cancers and over 70% of all children can now be completely cured.

Types of Childhood Cancers:

• Acute Leukaemia - most common cancer in children
  - Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL)
  - Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML)
• Brain tumours
• Ewing's Sarcoma
• Germ Cell Tumours
• Liver tumours
• Lymphomas (Hodgkin's Disease, Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma)
• Neuroblastoma
• Osteosarcoma (cancer of the bone)
• Retinoblastoma (cancer of the retina)
• Rhabdomyosarcoma (cancer affecting muscles)
• Wilms' Tumour (cancer of the kidney)
• Other rare tumours