Avoidable Causes of Childhood Cancer

The Increasing Incidencebut Decreasing Mortalityrates Of Major Childhodcancers 1975-2009*Site % Increaseincidence% Decreasemortality**Overall 35 53Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia 58 70Bone & Joint 57 33Brain & Nervous System 52 33Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 40 75Leukemia 33 65Kidney (Wilms Tumor) 20 0* National Cancer Institute Surveillance Epidemiology And End Results 2011.** The Striking Decrease In Mortality Reflects The National Cancer Institutes Successin Developing Pediatric Clinical Trial Cooperative Groups In 2000. (The Cancerletter June 8 2012).Association Withcongenital Defectsseveral Childhood Cancers Occur So Early In Life That They Must Haveoriginated During Fetal Life Or Shortly Thereafter.* These Include Acutelymphocytic Leukemia Neuroblastoma**And Kidney And Liver Cancers. Cancerin The Mother Particularly Melanoma Can Spread To The Infant.* Miller R.W. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute. 40; 1079-1085 1968.** The Author Is A Survivor Of This Cancer