Classification of Common Pediatric Malignant Tumors

Common pediatric malignant tumors may be classified as follows:

Children less than 4 years old

Hematopoietic

ALL

Blastomas

Nephroblastoma (Wilm’s tumor)

Neuroblastoma

Hepatoblastoma

Retinoblastoma

Soft Tissue Tumors

Rhabdomyosarcoma

Neural

CNS tumors

Others

Teratoma

Children between 5 to 9 years old

Hematopoietic

ALL

Lymphoma

Blastomas

Neuroblastoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Soft Tissue Tumors

Soft tissue sarcoma

Bones

Ewing sarcoma

Neural

CNS tumors

Children 10 to 14 years old

Hematopoietic

Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Blastomas

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Soft Tissue Tumors

Soft tissue sarcoma

Bones

Osteosarcoma

Others

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