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Common cancer presentation according to age groups globally. There may be some discrepancies in the data for children with cancer above 15 yrs old between higher-income countries and middle- and lower-income countries.2,4,5
| Top three childhood cancers according to age group | Children age group (yrs) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–4 | 5–10 | 11–14 | 15–19 | |
| 1 | Leukaemia | Leukaemia | Leukaemia | Lymphoma |
| 2 | CNS tumour | CNS tumour | CNS tumour | Epithelial tumour and melanoma |
| 3 | Embryonal tumour | Lymphoma | Lymphoma | Leukaemia |
