Tumores sólidos en niños: diagnóstico y terapéutica quirúrgica

Cancer in children represents only 2% of all malignancies, nevertheless, after trauma, it is the second most common cause of death in children older than 1 year. Each year approximately 130 new cases of cancer are diagnosed per million children. Leukemia is the most common form of cancer in children, followed by brain tumor, lymphoma, neuroblastoma, sarcoma, Wilm's tumor and germ cell tumor. The probability of surviving childhood malignancies has improved since the first remissions in acute lymphoblastic leukemia were reported in 1950s. At the moment due to the development of chemotherapy regimens, improvement in diagnostic methods and multidisciplinary approach of our patients, the survival is close to 75%. Therefore, there is still a need for significant improvement in the results of childhood cancer.