Sarcomas
Sarcomas are cancer of the connective or supportive tissues, i.e., bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, and soft tissue. Sarcomas contrast what is known as carcinomas, which are malignancies of epithelial origin, i.e., breast, colon, pancreas, and others. They are one of the more common types of malignancy found in young people. Read more

Secondary tumours
See metastatic tumours

Shingles
See Herpes Zoster

Spinal cord tumours
Spinal cord tumours are relatively rare in children accounting for less than five per cent of all CNS tumours. When they do occur, they are usually metastases (cancer that has spread) from primary solid tumours from somewhere else in the body.

Soft tissue sarcomas
Soft tissue sarcomas are malignant tumours arising in the muscle, connective tissue, blood vessel and fat. They account for about six per cent of childhood cancers.

Staging
Determining the location and spread of cancer.

Synovial sarcoma
Synovial sarcoma is a cancer that most often affects young adults and is rarely found in children. Children between the ages of 10 and 14 are affected most often. The main symptom is a firm, relatively slow-growing mass that is only occasionally accompanied by pain. Most all synovial sarcomas are located in the extremities, especially the ankle, foot, hand or knee. They appear less often in the chest wall, groin skull and neck.

Systemic disease
A disease that affects the whole body instead of only in one area.