Childhood Cancer: Survival Rates Flashcards
Survival rate of ALL in 1962
4%
Survival rate of ALL in 2017
98%
Survival rate of Hodgkin Disease in 1962
50%
Survival rate of Hodgkin Disease in present
90%
Survival rate of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in 1962
7%
Survival rate of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in present
85%
Survival rate of retinoblastoma in 1962
75%
Survival rate of retinoblastoma in present
95%
Survival rate of neuroblastoma in 1962
10%
Survival rate of neuroblastoma today
55%
Survival rate of Wilms Tumor in 1962
50%
Survival rate of Wilms Tumor today
90%
What is neuroblastoma?
Cancer of the peripheral nervous tissues
What is Wilms Tumor?
Kidney cancer
What was survival rate of osteosarcoma in 1962?
20%
What is survival rate of osteosarcoma today?
65%
What is rhabdomyosarcoma?
Solid tumor of muscle cells
Survival rate of rhabdomyosarcoma in 1962?
30%
Survival rate of rhabdomyosarcoma today
70%
What is Ewing Sarcoma?
A type of bone cancer
What was the survival rate of Ewing Sarcoma in 1962?
5%
Survival rate of Ewing Sarcoma today?
65%
Survival rate of medulloblastoma in 1962
10%
Survival rate of medulloblastoma today.
85%
What is the most common pediatric brain cancer?
Medulloblastoma
What is the most prevalent childhood leukemia?
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia