• Childhood cancer is rare, with less than one percent of all cancers occurring in individuals ages 19 years and under.
• Approximately 54 children( ages 19 and under) are diagnosed with cancer each year in Hawai‘ i.
• Cancer is the third leading cause of death in Hawai‘ i among children ages 1 to 14 years old.
• Leukemia was the most common cancer in children comprising 24 % of all cases diagnosed in 2018-2022.
Childhood Cancer in Hawai‘ i
Bone tumors 6 %
Number of Cases
80
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Neuroblastoma & Nervous Cell Tumors 4 %
Figure 7. Age Distribution of Childhood Cancers, Hawai‘ i, 2018-2022
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Figure 8. Cancers in Individuals Ages 19 and Under, Hawai‘ i, 2018-2022
Soft tissue
7 % Germ cell 9 %
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• Breast cancer is the mos
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• Invasive breast cancer in 10 years.
• Invasive breast cancer in overall( 131.3 per 100,0
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Renal tumors 4 %
Central Nervous System 10 %
Lymphomas 18 %
Leukemia 24 %
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