Top 5 Pediatric Cancers: The Warning Signs

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 5. Lymphoma

Lymphoma starts in certain cells of the immune system which is called lymphocytes. These cancers affect lymph nodes and other lymph tissues, like the tonsils or thymus. They can also affect the bone marrow and other organs, and can cause different symptoms depending on where the cancer is growing.

These symptoms include:

  • swollen lymph nodes in the neck, armpit, or groin
  • fever, sweats
  • weight loss
  • weakness.

If you think your child might be experiencing potential warning signs of cancer, make an appointment with the child’s pediatrician.

For more information you may also visit: www.cancer.org

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5 Comments

  1. Kaylee Edwards

    August 1, 2016 at 9:40 pm

    My daughter had a large cancerous tumor in one of her kidneys at 6 weeks old. Such a scary time, but she had surgery to remove the kidney and didn’t end up needing chemo since the cancer was only local to the kidney. It was NOT a Wilms tumor described here in this article, it was a very rare tumor called Celluar Mesoblastic Nephroma. They got our permission to send tissue from the tumor to be studied since they are so rare.

    We are so lucky to have her with us, she is a vibrant and extremely active 2 1/2 year old!

  2. Clanro Kids World

    August 1, 2016 at 10:22 pm

    How curious

  3. Shelley McCool Widner

    August 2, 2016 at 10:50 am

    Although I appreciate you trying to educate with this article, I find it extremely insensitive and not at all inclusive or accurate.

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