Cancer & Tumors

• Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)

  Learn about this rare type of cancer, which usually affects kids under 4 years old.

• Late Effects of Cancer and Cancer Treatment

  Long-term side effects, or late effects, happen to many cancer survivors. With early diagnosis and proper follow-up care, most late effects can be treated or cured.

• Legius Syndrome

  Legius syndrome is a rare genetic condition. Kids who have it have multiple café-au-lait spots on their skin and might be slower to walk, talk, and reach other milestones than most kids.

• Leukemia

  Leukemia refers to cancers of the white blood cells. With the proper treatment, the outlook for kids with leukemia is quite good.

• Liver Tumors

  Tumors happen when cells form a mass or growth. Liver tumors can be benign (not cancerous) or malignant (cancerous).

• Lymphoma

  Lymphoma is cancer that begins in the body’s lymphatic tissue. It’s a common type of cancer in children, but most recover from it.

• Medulloblastoma

  Medulloblastoma is a type of brain tumor. Most brain tumors in children are medulloblastoma.

• Melanoma

  Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. Find out how to lower your family’s risk of getting melanoma and how doctors treat it.

• MIBG Treatment for Neuroblastoma

  MIBG is a molecule that doctors combine with low-dose radioactive iodine to look for neuroblastoma. Given with higher-dose radioactive iodine, it can treat this cancer.

• Neuroblastoma

  Learn about neuroblastoma, a rare type of childhood cancer that develops in infants and young children.