Kids Can Get Lung Cancer: What You Need to Know - Healthline
When thinking about lung cancer, children might not immediately come to mind. Most people diagnosed with lung cancer are older. According to the American Cancer Society , a person's average age at the time of their diagnosis is 70. However, even though it's the exception rather than the norm, lung cancer can happen in younger people. This includes kids. Having a child that's been diagnosed with lung cancer can feel overwhelming and bring about a lot of emotions. These feelings are completely understandable, and we're here to help you manage them. Below, we'll discuss lung cancer in kids and how it may happen. Then, we'll cover potential treatment options and what we know about the outlook for kids with lung cancer. It's important to know that lung cancer is very rare in kids. Overall, other childhood cancers, like leukemia and lymphoma, are more common. A 2020 study looked into reported lung cancers in the Australian Childhood Cancer registry between the ye...