Just a small fraction of the dollars spent on research in this country is directed to pediatric cancer. And, for every dollar spent on a patient with breast cancer, less than 30 cents is spent on a child with cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, Osteosarcoma is the most frequent type of cancer that develops in bones. Like osteoblasts of typical bone, the cells that form this cancer produce bone matrix. However, osteosarcoma can develop in any bone of the body including the bones of the jaw, pelvis, and shoulder Brain Tumors - Childhood brain tumors are a various set of diseases distinguished by the abnormal growth of tissue enclosed within the skull, according to the National Cancer Institute.
Brain tumors are the second most common type of cancer that occurs in children behind leukemia.
According to the Pediatric Oncology Resource Center, leukemia is a cancer of the bone marrow, the spongy center of the bones that creates blood cells. In leukemia, abnormal white blood cells split uncontrollably and push out the normal cells in the bloodstream. The abnormal white blood cells are not mature, and therefore cannot perform their normal infection-fighting function in the blood. These cells crowd out healthy white blood cells, as well as the red blood cells whose job is to carry oxygen to the body and the platelets which make the blood clot. Lymphomas - The term lymphoma refers to cancers that originate in the body's lymphatic tissues.