Children's cancer types

Find out about childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, how it is diagnosed and treated, and resources and organisations that can help you cope.

Retinoblastoma is a rare type of eye cancer. It most commonly affects children under the age of 5. One or both eyes can be affected. 

Neuroblastoma is a rare cancer that affects children, mostly under the age of 5. Around 100 are diagnosed each year in the UK.

Wilms tumour is a type of kidney cancer that most commonly affects young children. Read about the causes, symptoms and treatment.

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is a cancer of the lymphatic system.

Brain tumours are the second most common type of children’s cancer in the UK. Around 420 children are diagnosed with these tumours each year in the UK. 

Juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia (JMML) is a very rare type of blood cancer that occurs in young children Get information on what the symptoms are and what treatment is available.