Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 🎙️

🔵 September is considered childhood cancer awareness month, so we will focus on some information about childhood cancers.

🔺 Cancer is a leading cause of death for children and adolescents. Approximately 400,000 children and adolescents ages 0–19 are diagnosed with cancer each year, and the likelihood of surviving a diagnosis of childhood cancer depends on the country in which the child lives.

🔺The most common types of childhood cancers include leukemias, brain cancers, lymphomas, and solid tumors, such as neuroblastoma and Wilms tumors.

For example, neuroblastoma and Wilms tumor occur most commonly in children between birth and four years of age; leukemia occurs most often in children 10 years of age; and Ewing sarcoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and thyroid cancer are more common in children over 10 years of age .

🔺Childhood cancer is often difficult to detect in its early stages because the associated signs and symptoms are nonspecific, insidious in onset, and mimic other more common disorders , but childhood cancer is mostly associated with a range of warning symptoms, such as fever, severe and persistent headaches, bone pain, and weight loss, that can be detected by families and by trained primary health-care providers .

🔺Because it is generally not possible to prevent cancer in children, the most effective strategy to reduce the burden of cancer in children and improve outcomes is to focus on a prompt, correct diagnosis followed by effective, evidence-based therapy with tailored supportive care.

🔺Early Diagnosis ...
When identified early, cancer is more likely to respond to effective treatment and result in a greater probability of survival.

Early diagnosis consists of 3 components :
1. The symptoms are known to family and primary care providers.
2. Accurate and timely clinical evaluation, diagnosis, and staging (determining the extent to which a cancer has spread).
3. Access to prompt treatment

🔵 Sources
WHO
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Uptodate 2022

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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 🎙️

🔵 September is considered childhood cancer awareness month, so we will focus on some information about childhood cancers.

🔺 Cancer is a leading cause of death for children and adolescents. Approximately 400,000 children and adolescents ages 0–19 are diagnosed with cancer each year, and the likelihood of surviving a diagnosis of childhood cancer depends on the country in which the child lives.

🔺The most common types of childhood cancers include leukemias, brain cancers, lymphomas, and solid tumors, such as neuroblastoma and Wilms tumors.

For example, neuroblastoma and Wilms tumor occur most commonly in children between birth and four years of age; leukemia occurs most often in children 10 years of age; and Ewing sarcoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and thyroid cancer are more common in children over 10 years of age .

🔺Childhood cancer is often difficult to detect in its early stages because the associated signs and symptoms are nonspecific, insidious in onset, and mimic other more common disorders , but childhood cancer is mostly associated with a range of warning symptoms, such as fever, severe and persistent headaches, bone pain, and weight loss, that can be detected by families and by trained primary health-care providers .

🔺Because it is generally not possible to prevent cancer in children, the most effective strategy to reduce the burden of cancer in children and improve outcomes is to focus on a prompt, correct diagnosis followed by effective, evidence-based therapy with tailored supportive care.

🔺Early Diagnosis ...
When identified early, cancer is more likely to respond to effective treatment and result in a greater probability of survival.

Early diagnosis consists of 3 components :
1. The symptoms are known to family and primary care providers.
2. Accurate and timely clinical evaluation, diagnosis, and staging (determining the extent to which a cancer has spread).
3. Access to prompt treatment

🔵 Sources
WHO
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Uptodate 2022

Theory To Reality ✨

#MRCY
#Medical_Research_Center_of_Yemen
#MEDICAL_ACADEMY

🔵 Facebook page :

https://www.facebook.com/MRCY-104755568851563/

🔵 Telegram Channel :

https://hottg.com/MRCYMA

🔵 Instagram Account :

https://instagram.com/mrcyresearch?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

#Stay_Tuned 💛

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