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  2. Cancer in adolescents and young adults - Wikipedia

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    Cancer in adolescents and young adults is cancer which occurs in those between the ages of 15 and 39. [1] This occurs in about 70,000 people a year in the United States—accounting for about 5 percent of cancers. This is about six times the number of cancers diagnosed in children ages 0–14. [1]

  3. Adolescent and young adult oncology - Wikipedia

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    Adolescent and young adult oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer in adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients aged 16–40. Studies have continuously shown that while pediatric cancer survival rates have gone up, the survival rate for adolescents and young adults has remained stagnant.

  4. Childhood cancer - Wikipedia

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    Adolescent and young adult oncology (AYA): AYA is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer in adolescents and young adults, often defined as those aged 13–30. Studies have continuously shown that while pediatric cancer survival rates have gone up, the survival rate for adolescents and young ...

  5. Category:Pediatric cancers - Wikipedia

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    This category includes pediatric cancers, (including benign neoplasms) in fetuses, infants, children, teens, and young adults. Note that most pediatric cancers are also rare cancers: see Category:Rare cancers.

  6. Childhood leukemia - Wikipedia

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    Childhood leukemia is leukemia that occurs in a child and is a type of childhood cancer.Childhood leukemia is the most common childhood cancer, accounting for 29% of cancers in children aged 0–14 in 2018. [1]

  7. Ewing sarcoma - Wikipedia

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    Ewing sarcoma is a type of pediatric cancer [5] that forms in bone or soft tissue. [1] Symptoms may include swelling and pain at the site of the tumor, fever , and a bone fracture . [ 2 ] The most common areas where it begins are the legs, pelvis , and chest wall. [ 4 ]

  8. Cancer - Wikipedia

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    Cancer DALYs attributable to 11 Level 2 risk factors globally in 2019. [127] Cancer prevention is defined as active measures to decrease cancer risk. [128] The vast majority of cancer cases are due to environmental risk factors. Many of these environmental factors are controllable lifestyle choices. Thus, cancer is generally preventable. [129]

  9. Children's Oncology Group - Wikipedia

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    The Children's Oncology Group (COG), a clinical trials group supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), is the world's largest organization devoted exclusively to pediatric cancer research. [1] The COG conducts a spectrum of clinical research and translational research trials for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer.