Can anyone list some sorts of cancer that young teenagers might get?

Question

The only ones I know are luekemia and lymphoma and also brain tumors, but I don't knw the REAL names... as you know these are just abbreviations. If you could list a few, it would be greatly be appreciated.

Also, if you can, do you think you can list some symptoms and things about it?

Answer 1

Teenagers predominately get what is described as childhood cancer. Childhood cancer refers to the primitive cells of childhood, thus almost anyone from the infancy to the age of 40 may find themselves with a childhood cancer. Here are a few:

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) -Common leukemia also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL). Generally occurs in children under the age of ten, but it can appear in any age group. ALL or acute means that the disease can get worse quickly.

Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes a large number of abnormal blood cells. Both adults and children can have this.

Brain Stem Gliomas - Tumors that arise along the brain stem which consists of the midbrain, pons, and medulla.

Brain Tumor - following are childhood brain tumors:
Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor
Cerebellar Astrocytoma
Cerebral Astrocytoma Malignant Glioma
Infratentorial Ependymoma
Spinal Cord
Supratentorial Ependymoma
Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors and Pineoblastoma
Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma

Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor (dsrct) -rare, aggressive sarcoma that often develops in the abdominal cavity, although it can also arise elsewhere. The disease commonly affects adolescents and young adults, mostly male.

Esthesioneuroblastoma - Olfactory neuroblastoma is a very rare, small tumor that begins in the organ responsible for the sense of smell located in the front part of the brain.

Ewing's Sarcoma - Includes Ewings Family of tumors. Rare diseases in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in the bone and soft tissues.

Hepatoblastoma - A type of liver cancer that usually does not spread outside the liver. This type usually affects children younger than 3 years old.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - A type of liver cancer that often spreads to other places in the body. This type can affect children of any age.

Hodgkin's Disease - Cancer of the lymphatic system. (lymphoma)

Liver - Includes Hepatoblastoma and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Medulloblastoma -Malignant tumors formed from poorly developed cells at a very early stage of life. Usually occur in children between the ages of three and eights. More common in males than females.

Neuroblastoma - A cancer of specialised nerve cells called neural crest cells. These cells are involved in the development of the nervous system and other tissues.

Neuroepithelial Tumor - tumors of the kidney that grow and spread quickly.

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - includes Burkitts Lymphoma. Disease in which malignant cells form in the lymph system.

Osteosarcoma - disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in the bone.

Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor - rare cancers, also found in soft tissue and bone.

Retinoblastoma - A rare cancer of developing retina cells in babies and toddlers.

Rhabdoid Tumor - Affects children under a year. Fast growing and spreads rapidly.

Rhabdomyosarcoma - Aggressive Tumors that grow in the active muscles of the body. Includes Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma, Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma, and Botryoid Rhabdomyosarcoma.

Wilm's Tumor - A disease in which cancer cells are found in either one or both of the kidneys.

http://dmoz.org/Health/Child_Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cancer/

You can locate extensive information about childhood and adolescent cancer at the National Institute of Cancer: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/childhoodcancers

And, there are many 'rare' types of cancer that also can affect young people:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/unusual-cancers-childhood/Patient

Dana Farber currently has a program that is specific for adolescents and young adults with cancer:
http://www.dana-farber.org/pat/support/aya/default.html

Answer 2

Osteosarcoma is the most common type of bone cancer and happens twice as often in boys than girls. It usually happens during growth spurts and in taller than average people. Most of the time, symptoms are pain in the arm or leg accompanied by a lump. Another type of tumor called retinoblastoma (develops in the retina of the eye) may predisposed a person to a greater chance of having osteosarcoma.

Ewing's sarcoma is similar to osteosarcoma and is usually located in the leg or pelvis.

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) and Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) are the two most common forms of leukemia noted in teens. Leukemia happens when large numbers of abnormal white blood cells enter the blood stream and bone marrow. The white blood cells are incapable of fighting off infection in the body. Symptoms are bleeding, anemia, bone pain, and infections.

Astrocytomas are brain tumors originating from astrocytes and don't usually spread outside the brain or affect other organs.

Ependymomas are brain tumors that usually start in the lining of the brain cavities.

Lymphomas can be Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkin's and is a tumor in the lymphatic system. One symptom is non-painful enlarged lymph nodes.

Then there are testicular cancers and rabdomyosarcomas (soft tissue tumors) that I didn't find too much info on.

Answer 3

are you planing on getting cancer?
ovarian cancer:
-- Ovarian cancer is often considered a "silent killer" with no readily identifiable symptoms, but new research challenges this view in the hopes of finding more of the deadly malignancies early.

Because there is no effective screening test to identify early-stage ovarian cancer, roughly three out of four patients are diagnosed with late-stage disease, when the chance for a cure is greatly diminished.

Many patients are misdiagnosed before their cancer is found, with vague symptoms such as pelvic pain and abdominal bloating attributed to other causes.

In their latest study, researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine identified the six symptoms most closely associated with ovarian cancer by comparing the clinical histories of women with the disease to those of high-risk women without cancer.

The most common complaints among the cancer patients included:

pelvic pain
abdominal pain
increased abdominal size
abdominal bloating
difficulty eating
feeling full quickly
When any of these symptoms had been present for less than a year and occurred more than 12 days a month, they were considered independently predictive of ovarian cancer risk.

there you go. you can go too google\yahoo and type in cancer and their symptoms

Answer 4

You're right about lymphoma, which is what its called, there is also hodgekin's lymphoma.

Leukemia is another major one.

Myeloma, bone marrow cancer. (also, multiple myeloma)

brain cancer also, and it has a vareity of names, depending on type and severity.

for symptoms, they are varied, but one can easily find them by googling the cancer and going to a reputable medical site.

Answer 5

it ought to be breast maximum cancers. Breast maximum cancers between youngsters is extremely uncommon. i could get it looked at as we talk. optimistically that's a benign tumor or a swollen lymphnode. i got here across a lump on my breast final month, it ended up being a swollen lymphnode and disappeared in 2 weeks.

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Answer 7

Testicular cancer is more common in teens and young adults, skin cancer, sarcoma, bone cancers, kidney cancer,...

Answer 8

Make an appointment with your doctor and soon. Ask questions. Don't wait! Good Luck!