Tumor Imaging

Abstract

Malignant disease in children (including haematological disease, such as leukemia and lymphoma) accounts for approximately 1 % of all registered malignancies. Whilst each year approximately 12,500 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer in the United States, nearly 80 % of children diagnosed with cancer become long-term survivors, and the majority of them are considered cured. Nevertheless, in the USA cancer remains the leading cause of death from disease among children.