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  TABLE 10.4: Common Paediatric Malignant Tumours.
System Age < 4 Yrs Age 5-9 Yrs Age 10-14 Yrs
1. Haematopoietic Acute leukaemia Acute leukaemia Hodgkin’s
Lymphoma
2. Blastomas Neuroblastoma Neuroblastoma Hepatocellular CHAPTER 10
Hepatoblastoma Hepatocellular carcinoma carcinoma
Retinoblastoma
Nephroblastoma (Wilms’ tumour)

3. Soft tissues Rhabdomyosarcoma Soft tissue sarcoma Soft tissue sarcoma
4. Bony — Ewing’s sarcoma Osteogenic sarcoma
5. Neural CNS tumours CNS tumours —
6. Others Teratoma — Thyroid cancer

Based on these broad guidelines, classification of common presented in Table 10.4. These have been discussed in related
paediatric malignant tumours at different age groups is chapters later. Genetic and Paediatric Diseases

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