blastoma

The state Department of Health and Human Services for several years has been investigating a greater-than-expected number of cases of two types of rare childhood cancers in the seacoast region: rhabdomyosarcoma and pleuropulmonary blastoma.

Women who are African-American, have undergone pelvic radiation treatments or have a history of retinal blastoma may be at increased risk, though it's unclear why, Carey says.

As soon as we had the results from surgery, I began Googling “blastoma,” and I think it was Wikipedia that told me the prognosis was 14 months.