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Childhood Leukemia · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Morphology
Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm
Childhood Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm
Childhood Leukemia

Hematologic Malignancy

Childhood Leukemia

CI-CAN-00000713Explore in graph →

PediatricHematologic79 active trials13 evidence items

NCIt: C4989
DOID: 7757

Overview
Statistics
Survival
Genomics
Variants & evidence13
Drugs6
Trials473
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness3 / 7 dimensions

Epidemiology (no data yet)
Survival (no data yet)
Trials (data present)
Literature (data present)
Genomics (no data yet)
Evidence (data present)
Therapies (no data yet)

Computed from entity_counters.completeness · refreshed after each connector run

Definition

What this entity is

An acute or chronic leukemia that occurs during childhood.

Definition text as published by ncit-evsProvenance

Source: NCI Thesaurus (NCIt)
Dataset: NCI Thesaurus
Version: 26.08e
Retrieved: Sep 8, 2026
Layer: raw (as published)
Evidence: expert curation
License: CC BY 4.0
Run: ING-NCITEVS-20260908-000001

Open at source Curated

Data updated 22 days agoSource updated 26.08e

Taxonomy

Position in the hierarchies

Several hierarchies coexist; edges are listed per hierarchy type with their source.

Parents

ncit

Childhood Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell NeoplasmCancer Family
Childhood Malignant NeoplasmCancer Family
LeukemiaCancer Family

Children (3)

ncit

Childhood Acute Leukemia4 sub
Childhood Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive
Infant Leukemia5 sub

38 descendants in total; counters on this page aggregate over all of them.

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

Hematopoietic and Lymphatic SystemC35813

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00000713
Entity type: Hematologic Malignancy
Malignant: Yes
Solid / hematologic: Hematologic
Pediatric relevant: Yes
Rare cancer: Unknown (no incidence data yet)
Hierarchy depth: 4
Classification version: 26.08e
Semantic types: Neoplastic Process
Status: Active
Record updated: 2026-09-08

Coverage

Data completeness

Trials (all / active)

473 / 79

Publications (all / 5y)

2,728 / 471

Evidence items

13

Genes / variants

2 / 5

Drugs (any / approved)

6 / 0

Genomic cohorts

0

Epidemiology / survival obs.

0 / 0

Data updated 11 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (2)

Childhood Leukemiasynonym · CIViC
Leukemiasynonym · NCIt

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Key figures

At a glance

Each figure carries its unit, period and source; ranks link to "Why this rank?".

US deaths23,740countUnited States · 2024 · both sexes · all agescdc-wonderObservedrank #7 of 31 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)figures shown for Leukemia (registry level) — open Leukemia
US new cases58,254countUnited States · 2023 · both sexes · all agescdc-uscsObservedrank #11 of 32 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2023 · top-level cancers)figures shown for Leukemia (registry level) — open Leukemia
US age-standardized mortality5.5per 100,000United States · 2024 · both sexes · all ages · 2000 U.S. Std. Populationcdc-wonderObservedrank #6 of 23 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)figures shown for Leukemia (registry level) — open Leukemia
Active trials79countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #218 of 1,654 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Recruiting trials50countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #195 of 1,284 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Curated evidence items13countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputedrank #182 of 492 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Publications, last 12 months87countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #358 of 2,294 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Genomic cohorts0countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputednot in a current ranking snapshot

Data updated 11 hours agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: cdc-uscs · latest year available per metric · counters aggregate over descendants