The most common malignancies in infants, children, and adolescents

Cancer type	Age <1 year	Age 1 to 4 years	Age 5 to 9 years	Age 10 to 14 years	Age 15 to 19 years	All pediatric ages
Cancer type	Percentage of all cancers
Leukemias	18	40	33	23	35	26
Central nervous system tumors	12	19	26	18	22	16
Lymphoma	7	8	14	19	22	16
Germ cell tumors	7	1	2	5	11	6
Soft tissue sarcomas	7	5	7	8	7	7
Bone tumors	0.2	0.7	5	9	6	5
Neuroblastoma	23	10	4	1	0.5	5
Wilms and other kidney cancers	5	8	5	1	0.8	4
Melanoma and skin cancers	2	0.7	3	14	27	12
Retinoblastoma	11	4	0.3	<0.1	0	2
Liver tumors	6	3	1	0.7	0.6	2
Other tumors	1	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.5

The most common causes of pediatric cancer in the United States (2017 to 2021). The percentages for each age group correspond to the age at diagnosis. Data obtained by Data from Cancer in North America (CiNA) and the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Registries of the National Cancer Institute, submitted December 2023.

Data from: Statistics NCCR*Explorer. National Cancer Institute. https://nccrexplorer.ccdi.cancer.gov (Accessed February 4, 2025).

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The most common malignancies in infants, children, and adolescents