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Childhood Malignant Neoplasm · CancerIndex

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Neoplasm
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Malignant Neoplasm
Childhood Malignant Neoplasm

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Childhood Malignant Neoplasm

CI-CAN-00000132Explore in graph →

Pediatric263 active trials1 approved drugs46 evidence items

NCIt: C4005

Overview
Statistics
Survival
Genomics1
Variants & evidence46
Drugs9
Trials1178
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness5 / 7 dimensions

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

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Definition

What this entity is

A malignant neoplasm that occurs during childhood. Representative examples include acute leukemias, malignant brain neoplasms, and sarcomas.

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 NeoplasmCancer Family
Malignant NeoplasmCancer Family

Children (25)

ncit

Childhood B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma2 sub
Childhood Chordoma
Childhood Leukemia3 sub
Childhood Lymphoma4 sub
Childhood Malignant Bone Neoplasm1 sub
Childhood Malignant Breast Neoplasm1 sub
Childhood Malignant Digestive System Neoplasm8 sub
Childhood Malignant Endocrine Neoplasm

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

Data not yet available

No anatomical site linked yet.

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00000132
Entity type: Cancer Family
Malignant: Yes
Solid / hematologic: Solid tumor
Pediatric relevant: Yes
Rare cancer: Unknown (no incidence data yet)
Hierarchy depth: 3
Classification version: 26.08e
Semantic types: Neoplastic Process
Status: Active
Record updated: 2026-09-08

Coverage

Data completeness

Trials (all / active)

1 sub

Childhood Malignant Genitourinary System Neoplasm8 sub

Childhood Malignant Germ Cell Tumor8 sub

Childhood Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm9 sub

Childhood Malignant Nervous System Neoplasm3 sub

Childhood Malignant Skin Neoplasm2 sub

Childhood Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Childhood Malignant Thoracic Neoplasm5 sub

Childhood Myelodysplastic Syndrome2 sub

Childhood Myeloid Sarcoma

Childhood Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor1 sub

Childhood Sarcoma13 sub

Childhood T Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma2 sub

Extrarenal Rhabdoid Tumor3 sub

Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia2 sub

Myeloid Leukemia Associated with Down Syndrome

Rare Childhood Malignant Neoplasm4 sub

Transient Abnormal Myelopoiesis Associated with Down Syndrome

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

1,178 / 263

Publications (all / 5y)

17,968 / 7,329

Evidence items

46

Genes / variants

11 / 16

Drugs (any / approved)

9 / 1

Genomic cohorts

1

Epidemiology / survival obs.

0 / 0

Data updated 19 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (7)

Childhood Cancersynonym · NCIt
Malignant Childhood Neoplasmsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Childhood Tumorsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Neoplasmsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Pediatric Neoplasmsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Pediatric Tumorsynonym · NCIt
Pediatric Cancersynonym · NCIt

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Key figures

At a glance

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

No registry-level ancestor: burden figures are published for the mutually exclusive top-level site groups only, and this entity does not descend from one. Global figures (IARC / GLOBOCAN) stay under license review and SEER awaits credentials.

Active trials263countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #123 of 1,654 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Recruiting trials158countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #119 of 1,277 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Curated evidence items46countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputedrank #86 of 492 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Publications, last 12 months1,664countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #84 of 2,294 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Genomic cohorts1countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputedrank #228 of 296 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)

Data updated 19 hours agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: none · counters aggregate over descendants