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Lymphomas are the third most common form of cancer among children. There are annually about 15 new cases of paediatric lymphoma in Finland; 2–5 are annually treated in Tyks.

Malignant haematological diseases and cancers are rare in populations under adult age. The diagnostics and treatment of cancer and serious haematological illnesses are concentrated to the university clinics.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Finland.

The three most common forms of skin cancer are basal cell cancers (basaliomas), squamous cell cancers and melanomas.

Cancer screening is the systematic search for the precursors or early stages of cancer from among the population.

= Intensive treatment and reinfusion of autologous stem cells.

Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer among men and the fourth most common one among women. In all of Finland, the annual number of new cases of lung cancer is around 2,300 and in the area of Southwest Finland around 200.

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation is an established form of treatment of leukemias, some other serious hematological illnesses and some rare illnesses of the immunological system.