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Leukemia is the most common form of pediatric cancer. It affects approximately 3,250 children each year in the US, accounting for about 30 percent of childhood cancers. It can occur at any age, although it is most commonly seen in children between 2 and 6 years of age. The child with leukemia often shows symptoms of an infection such as fever, runny nose, and cough. 2  Bone and joint pain can happen when the bone marrow is overcrowded and âfull.â. 3  Abdominal distress happens when leukemia cells collect in the kidney, liver and spleen, causing enlargement of these organs.
In children, leukemia is the most common type of cancer, but more adults get diagnosed with leukemia, according to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS).In 2011, about nine children per 100,000 children ages 1-4 were diagnosed with leukemia.Survival rates for leukemia have remarkably improved over the past decades.ometimes patients may not even have symptoms and discover they have leukemia when a routine blood test shows a very high count of white blood cells, Vaiselbuh said. Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is the most common type in young children, and acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) occurs in both adults and children.