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 |
Percentage of all cancers | ||||||
Leukemias | 16 | 45 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 27 |
Central nervous system tumors | 11 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 15 |
Lymphoma | 2 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 16 |
Germ cell tumors | 9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 7 | 16 | 8 |
Soft tissue sarcomas | 7 | 4.5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
Thyroid cancer | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 6 | 13 | 6 |
Bone tumors | 0.3 | 0.7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
Neuroblastoma | 26 | 8 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 4 |
Wilms tumor | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 4 |
Melanoma and skin cancers | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 7 | 3 |
Retinoblastoma | 15 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 2 |
Liver tumors | 5 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1 |
Other tumors | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 3 |
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