Chilhood Cancer: Signs and symptoms Part 2

Major categories of pediatric cancer and more specific symptoms include:
• Leukemia (31% of all childhood cancers, including benign brain tumors), which may be recognized by bone and joint pain, weakness, pale skin, bleeding or bruising, and fever or infection
• Brain and other central nervous system tumors (25%), which may cause headaches, nausea, vomiting, blurred or double vision, dizziness, and difficulty walking or handling objects