paediatrics Brussels 17

Cancers in Older Adolescents and Young Adults SEER, 1975-1998

Age 15-19 Years

Testis 9% Ovary 7%

Other 12%

Thyroid

7%

Germ Cell

Melanoma 7%

Hodgkin's 16%

Lymphoma

Sarcoma

Ewing's 2%

Brain

Leukemia

Osteosarcoma 5%

Age 20-29 Years

NHL

8%

ALL

AML 5%

CNS

Soft Tissue Sa

6%

Other Carcinomas 10%

10%

Other 2%

7%

Germ-Cell 17%

GI Carcinoma 4%

Breast Carcinoma 5%

Lymphomas

18%

Thyroid Carcinoma 10%

The segments in color represent “paediatric malignancies”

Soft-tissue

Malignant Melanoma 12%

Bone

Sarcomas

Leukemia 5%

CNS 6%

10%