Cancer in Children
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When I talk to teens about smoking I play the role of the Scientist trying to prevent rather than just treat cancer.
Three times brighter than the sun, light-emitting diodes are being used to speed wound healing in people with diabetic ulcers and children with severe mouth sores resulting from chemotherapy.
New approaches to controlling pain in pediatric patients include both pain medication and cognitive-behavioral approaches including relaxation techniques, breathing exercises, transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS), biofeedback, and even acupuncture.
In treating children with leukemia and other life threatening illnesses, umbilical cord blood transplants reduce the incidence of a potentially life-threatening complication compared to bone marrow transplants.
When cancer pain medicines are given and taken in the right way, patients rarely become addicted to them.
Neuroblastoma is found in children only, with one-fourth of showing initial symptoms during the first year of life and three-fourths before age 5.
Wilms' tumor is a cancer that originates in the cells of the kidney, and occurs in children from infancy to age 15.
Retinoblastoma is a rare cancer of the eye. It may be hereditary, and one-third of the cases involve both eyes.
Rhabdomyosarcoma usually affects children between the ages of 2 and 6. It is generally found in the head and neck area, the pelvis, or in the extremities.
Osteogenic sarcoma is the most common type of bone cancer in children. It arises in the large bones of the upper arm (humerus) and the leg (femur and tibia).
The search for new and more effective drugs to treat cancer is a continuing one. In addition, unusual remedies and approaches to cancer treatment often achieve public notoriety.
Because of lowered white blood cell counts from chemotherapy, infections can be particularly serious.
Cancer and its management may seem to consume an overwhelming amount of your time. It is important to encourage your child to live as normal and active a life as possible.
Good nutrition is an important part of a child's cancer treatment. In general, a normal diet should be continued during cancer treatment unless your physician gives you a special one.
Certain vaccines should not be given to a child with cancer. Some medications ordinarily used to treat common conditions should also be avoided. Always check with your physician.
It is especially important to keep the young person's teeth, mouth, and gums clean to protect from tooth decay and infection.
For children with cancer, a low platelet count may predispose them to bleeding.
Evaluation and treatment of a young person with cancer involve a variety of diagnostic procedures. Many of these are repeated at intervals over the course of treatment.
Visiting the doctor can provoke anxiety in a child with cancer. This article provides ideas for making treatment and medical procedures easier.
One of the challenges facing the family of a child with cancer is maintaining a normal life.
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