Lymphoma Information Network - Childhood Lymphoma Site Navigation Childhood Lymphoma Lymphoma is a broad term encompassing a variety of cancers of the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system helps filter out bacteria and is important in fighting disease. Every so often, the lymph vessels widen into lymph nodes.
Lymphoma is differentiated by the type of cell that multiplies and how the cancer presents itself.
Cancer strikes one of every 330 children born in the US before the age of 19. Finding out a child has lymphoma is a devastating experience. Often times, though, people seek additional information. Since you are here, I assume you, like I, turned to the computer to find information via the Internet. Alas, medical information is available, but finding it can be very frustrating.