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U.S. Childhood Cancers Vary by Sex, Region -- Pediatric Malignancies Are More Common in the Northeast

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By Serena Gordon
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- A sweeping government study of childhood cancers has found numerous differences in cancer types depending on a child's age, sex, race and where he or she lives in the United States.

White children had the highest incidence of all cancers, the researchers found, and youngsters in the Northeast were diagnosed with cancer more often than children in other parts of the country.