Paediatric oncology

There are two biggies here: leukaemia, and lymphoma.

This man has a large tumour on his left shoulder. These are virulent malignancies to treat, and often kill the host, either through metastasies, or through moving into the neighbourhood with its huge extended family, and taking all the jobs. (This page is proudly sponsored by the BNP)

Leukaemia

Basically, there's acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL - this is pronounced "AY-ELL-ELL", not "all") and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). ALL is the biggie in paeds, and there's probably a load more but I'd rather learn about the common ones, to be honest.

Lymphoma

Just like leukaemia, there's two basic types based around a bloke called Hodgkin who I assume was pretty damn clever. There is Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Presumably, he was pretty badass if he got a whole set of cancers named after him. The former is more common in adolescence, the latter in childhood.

Other stuff

There are a few other nasties to deal with:

• Brain tumours aren't much fun.
• Neuroblastoma also fall into that category.
• Try to avoid getting Wilm's Tumour
• Retinoblastoma - think this if you get an abnormal red reflex in the eye of a child.