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Childhood Cancer Info

Understanding Cancer

Discover resources on childhood cancer

Here you’ll find information for children and young people affected by cancer.

Find out about the different types of childhood cancers, general information about the treatments, facts and figures about children and young people.

Types of cancer in children

The types of cancer affecting children, as well as what causes cancer in children, are quite different to those affecting adults. Despite a wealth of research, much uncertainty remains over what causes cancer in children.

Childhood cancer treatments

The treatments used for childhood cancer are toxic, unpleasant and uncertain. As well as finding new ways to treat those forms of cancer which still have a poor outlook, a major challenge facing doctors today is how to make treatments safer and minimise the risk of treatment-related harm in young patients.

Our treatment research

Causes of childhood cancer

The types of cancer affecting children, as well as what causes cancer in children, are quite different to those affecting adults. Despite a wealth of research, much uncertainty remains over what causes cancer in children.

Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) cancers

Around 2,378 young people are diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK. Although relatively rare, compared with cancer in adults, cancer is more common in Teenage and Young Adults than in children.

Childhood cancer facts and figures

The past few decades have seen dramatic improvements in the outlook for children diagnosed with cancer. Fifty years ago, three-quarters of children diagnosed with cancer died; today more than three-quarters survive.

Find out all the childhood cancer facts and figures for those aged 0-14 years in the UK.

Facts & Figures

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Understanding Cancer
Here you’ll find information for children and young people affected by cancer.
Types of cancer in children
Childhood cancer treatments
Causes of childhood cancer
Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) cancers
Childhood cancer facts and figures

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