Journal article
Common cancers in adolescents
Abstract
Adolescence, spanning 15-19 years of age, is a time of developmental transition from childhood to adult life. The spectrum of cancers affecting this age group reflects a similar transition. The common malignant diseases of childhood - leukemias, lymphomas, tumors of the central nervous system and embryonal solid tumors (such as nephroblastoma and neuroblastoma) - are replaced in relative frequency by sarcomas of bone and soft tissue, and tumors …
Authors
Barr RD
Journal
Cancer Treatment Reviews, Vol. 33, No. 7, pp. 597–602
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.ctrv.2006.11.003
ISSN
0305-7372