Please use these patient education resources to expand your knowledge of pediatric cancer and extend your care experience at Duke.

• Pediatric Brain Tumors
  Brain tumors are collections of cells that grow uncontrolled in the tissues of the brain and spinal cord. Brain tumors are the third most common pediatric cancer, behind leukemias and lymphomas.
• Pediatric Sarcomas
  A sarcoma is a cancerous tumor of the soft tissues that weave through the body, including the muscles, tendons, fat, blood vessels, lymph vessels, nerves, and the tissues around joints.
• Pediatric Leukemias
  Leukemias are cancers of the blood and bone marrow in which the body makes abnormal blood cells that crowd out the normal ones. Leukemias and brain tumors account for more than half of pediatric cancers.
• Pediatric Lymphomas
  Lymphomas are diseases in which cancerous cells form in the system that makes lymph (fluid that contains white blood cells that protect the body against infection).
• Wilms Tumors
  Wilms tumors are cancerous tumors that form in the kidneys. They are the most common type of kidney cancer in children and rarely form in children older than age six.
• Chemotherapy for Pediatric Cancers
  Chemotherapy involves administering drugs that kill cancer cells.
• Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Cancers
  Radiation (high-energy rays) is used to kill cancer cells, usually following surgery.
• Pediatric Cancer Risk Factors
  The causes of most cases of childhood cancer are unknown. But certain conditions or characteristics are known to increase the risk for childhood cancer.
• Late Effects of Pediatric Cancer Treatment
  Some side effects from treatment of childhood cancers can crop up long after cancer treatment is ended.