Child health · UKMLA & AKT
Brain tumours in children
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Second most common childhood cancer (after leukaemia); leading cause of cancer death in children
- Posterior fossa is the most common site in children (unlike adults, where supratentorial predominates)
- Majority are primary tumours; metastatic disease is rare in children
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