Question 291 · LEK · Cross-cutting topics
In contrast to older children and teenagers, the most common neoplastic diseases among children under 5 years of age include:
- A. acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, cancers, lymphomas.
- B. acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, brain tumours, bone tumours.
- C. acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, neuroblastoma, Wilms’ tumour.
- D. retinoblastoma, brain tumours, bone tumours.
- E. retinoblastoma, cancers, lymphomas.
Hint
Embryonal tumours arising from immature tissues peak in early childhood, while adult-type malignancies appear mainly in adolescence.
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