TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Oncologic Emergencies in Infants and Children A1 - Bailey, Jessica A. A1 - Mickley, Megan A2 - Tintinalli, Judith E. A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Yealy, Donald M. A2 - Meckler, Garth D. A2 - Stapczynski, J. Stephan A2 - Cline, David M. A2 - Thomas, Stephen H. PY - 2020 T2 - Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e AB - Children and adolescents develop different types of cancers than adults. The 5-year survival rate for all childhood (0 to 19 years of age) cancers in the United States has been steadily increasing and is currently 83% to 84%1; however, malignant neoplasms remain the second leading cause of death for U.S. children age 5 to 14 years.2 The most common childhood malignancies are discussed below. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166596323 ER -