Lymphoma in children predominantly seen at what age ?: (A) < 4 years, (B) < 14 years, (C) > 14 years, (D) < 1 year
Answer is C. Lymphoma is the third most common cancer in pediatric age group.
It is the most common cancer in adolescence accounting for > 25% of newly diagnosed cancers in persons 15 to 19 years old.
Hodgkin's lymphoma is the most common malignancy in adolescence.
It is uncommon before 14 years of age.