When the lives of children are touched by cancer, we need to call on special skills for coping, supporting and communicating with them.

General information on children’s cancer, including the tests used by health professionals to diagnose it and the most common types of treatments for children with cancer.

Find out what Cancer Council collectively invested in childhood cancers over the five-year period from 2013-2017

Each type of cancer is treated differently. In some cases, several types of cancer treatments are given. Read more about the types of treatment here

The most common types of cancers that happen in children are different from those seen in adults. Find out more about types of childhood cancers here

The diagnosis phase means finding out a child has cancer and identifying and naming the type of cancer they have. Find out more here

Information on diagnosing children's cancers, including finding childhood cancers and how to help your child cope with the tests or procedures.

This section provides specific information on different types of children’s cancers, including known risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.

Information on the most common tests that a child might have to investigate their symptoms and diagnose their cancer.

Information on the common treatments that your child might have to treat their cancer, how these treatments work and what side effects they might have.