Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics – Cancer and Benign Tumors (2024) Barbara L. Asselin

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This chapter analyzes the epidemiology of cancer in children and adolescents (patients under 20 years), detailing incidence rates, relative survival improvements (up to 85.1%), and the continued role of malignant neoplasms as a leading cause of disease-related mortality in this age group. It contrasts pediatric malignancies, dominated by lymphohematopoietic and CNS cancers, with typical adult epithelial tumors.