What are some cancers common in teens?

Question

And if you know, tell me the symptoms too please.

Answer 1

leukemia and sarcomas.  If you think you have cancer or are just not feeling right please contact your doctor for a checkup.  It is always best to see a doctor instead of trying to diagnose yourself.  Most of the time the signs will tell you nothing and the sign or symptoms of one thing might be the same symptoms of another disease.  So overall to be safe contact your own doctor.  That way you won't have to worry about such a devastating disease as cancer.

Answer 2

Teenager cancers fall right in between childhood cancers and young adult cancers. Cancer in children, adolescents, and young adults is considered rare . . but the disease is also considered to be biologically different than an older adult type cancer. In general (there are always exceptions) older adults get epithiel type cancers associated with the organs such as the lung, colon, bladder, etc. while teenagers get cancers that are non-epithial and have more to do with the bones and soft tissues in the body.

Some of the more common types of cancer found in teenagers include: Childhood Ewings sarcoma (bone), Childhood Osteosarcoma (bone), Germ Cell Tumors, Childhood Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Childhood associated brain tumors, Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Childhood Acute Myelod Leukemia,  Melanoma, Ovarian cancer, Testicular cancer, and soft tissue sarcoma (rhabdomyosarcoma).

American Association of Clinical Oncology: Cancer in Teenagers

http://www.cancer.net/patient/Coping/Age...

Most cancers do not have any symptoms until they are advanced. However one thing to watch out for is any type of hard, painless, and unexplained lump or bump that seems to be growing . . located anywhere on the body.  If you have any doubts you should be examined by a doctor.

Teenagers with cancer are treated by pediatric oncologists usually at a Children's cancer clinic or Children's hospital. Teens remain with their pediatric oncologist as long as they are being treated for cancer, no matter how many years it takes or how old the patient becomes. At the moment there is a shift in the medical field that is beginning to focus on cancer in adolescents and young adults as a group (AYA). Many of the larger cancer centers now offer an AYA program to serve the special needs of this patient population.

Answer 3

We should add that cancer itself is not a common disease among teenagers.