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Early Cancer Detection in Children
Cancer is the word which is very creepy for anyone. If someone has been convicted had the disease, of which is spread in mind that the life expectancy will be reduced.
However, raising this contention is not entirely true of course. If the cancer can be detected early, the opportunity torecover the greater. In addition, the hope for healing children who have a cancer is relatively large, even up to 100 percent.
As said by Head of Children Hematology of Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM) Prof. Djajadiman SpA (K) in Jakarta on Tuesday (15 / 7), cancer in children is quite different from the cancer that attacks adults.
"Cancer can occur in children from birth through age or after the baby. Not like cancer in adults, cancer in children can be cured up to 100 percent if found still in the early stages. But in adults, there is a possibility of cancer recurrence may be more," Djajadiman explains.
He added that cases of cancer in children at this time to reach about 3 percent of all cancer disease incidence. In general, there are several types of cancer that attacks the children, such as blood cancers (leukemia), brain cancer, cancer of the ball (retinoblastoma), lymph gland cancer, cancer nerve, muscle gland cancer, and bone cancer.
"But if sorted from the many, only two types of cancer are most commonly found, ie, leukemia and cancer of the ball," he explained.
According to the World Children's Cancer Organization, the case leukemia reach 25-35 percent of all childhood cancer. Figures reported incident occurred in the highest age of 3-6 years and more the girls. Meanwhile, retinoblastoma is cancer that is found in many developing countries in children aged under 5 years old. Mortality due to this disease reaches 50-60 per cent as most people come late or are in advanced stages.
Difficult to recognize
About symptoms of early occurrence of cancer, explains Prof. Djajadiman, cancer in children is quite difficult to recognize because they often do not feel or can not told about the symptom.
"However, there are common signs that should be awarded by parents. With the symptoms of this, parents can more consult it to the doctor," he said.
For the blood cancer or leukemia, Prof. Djajadiman information, symptoms that appear normal child is less enthusiastic, listless, and weak due to a decrease in hemoglobin level. Other symptoms are fever with a high frequency due to the decreasing rate of white blood cells and the emergence of spots colored blue or red due to bleeding, and stomach harden the heart and spleen swell.
"Because the process occurs in the spine, is usually also accompanied by pain in the spine in the night. Sometimes there is also a bump arise in the neck," he said.
While the symptoms of retinoblastoma in children, Prof. Djayadiman continued, the more difficult because more is known symptoms do not appear initially. Symptoms are usually marked with the white dot in the eyes of black. If you already have the white belly spot, and will reflect light into the eye or is also often called the cat eyes.
"So because there is light reflect, such as the tumor is shining. But this indicates that this cancer is not too early," explained.
He further explained, when the symptoms are found in the child's parents should immediately take them to hospital or other health care facilities so that doctors can help to ensure that their children fell ill of cancer.
Still not sure
About the causes of cancer in children, Prof. Djajadiman states until now have not known exactly by the experts. This fact also causes the child's cancer prevention efforts difficult.
"But that is the cause of the influence of genetic factors, such as deviation or defect genes that cause cell growth were not restrained. This is a cause of cancer prevented children difficult. Because clearly different from the cancer on the adult emergence can be a factor because of the behavior and lifestyle," he explained .
Maybe a day later when it can be known, Prof. Djajadiman holds, cancer in children can be overcome with the methods of therapy. "The therapy may be in the form of gene therapy and not a therapy for prevention," he said.
However, raising this contention is not entirely true of course. If the cancer can be detected early, the opportunity torecover the greater. In addition, the hope for healing children who have a cancer is relatively large, even up to 100 percent.
As said by Head of Children Hematology of Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM) Prof. Djajadiman SpA (K) in Jakarta on Tuesday (15 / 7), cancer in children is quite different from the cancer that attacks adults.
"Cancer can occur in children from birth through age or after the baby. Not like cancer in adults, cancer in children can be cured up to 100 percent if found still in the early stages. But in adults, there is a possibility of cancer recurrence may be more," Djajadiman explains.
He added that cases of cancer in children at this time to reach about 3 percent of all cancer disease incidence. In general, there are several types of cancer that attacks the children, such as blood cancers (leukemia), brain cancer, cancer of the ball (retinoblastoma), lymph gland cancer, cancer nerve, muscle gland cancer, and bone cancer.
"But if sorted from the many, only two types of cancer are most commonly found, ie, leukemia and cancer of the ball," he explained.
According to the World Children's Cancer Organization, the case leukemia reach 25-35 percent of all childhood cancer. Figures reported incident occurred in the highest age of 3-6 years and more the girls. Meanwhile, retinoblastoma is cancer that is found in many developing countries in children aged under 5 years old. Mortality due to this disease reaches 50-60 per cent as most people come late or are in advanced stages.
Difficult to recognize
About symptoms of early occurrence of cancer, explains Prof. Djajadiman, cancer in children is quite difficult to recognize because they often do not feel or can not told about the symptom.
"However, there are common signs that should be awarded by parents. With the symptoms of this, parents can more consult it to the doctor," he said.
For the blood cancer or leukemia, Prof. Djajadiman information, symptoms that appear normal child is less enthusiastic, listless, and weak due to a decrease in hemoglobin level. Other symptoms are fever with a high frequency due to the decreasing rate of white blood cells and the emergence of spots colored blue or red due to bleeding, and stomach harden the heart and spleen swell.
"Because the process occurs in the spine, is usually also accompanied by pain in the spine in the night. Sometimes there is also a bump arise in the neck," he said.
While the symptoms of retinoblastoma in children, Prof. Djayadiman continued, the more difficult because more is known symptoms do not appear initially. Symptoms are usually marked with the white dot in the eyes of black. If you already have the white belly spot, and will reflect light into the eye or is also often called the cat eyes.
"So because there is light reflect, such as the tumor is shining. But this indicates that this cancer is not too early," explained.
He further explained, when the symptoms are found in the child's parents should immediately take them to hospital or other health care facilities so that doctors can help to ensure that their children fell ill of cancer.
Still not sure
About the causes of cancer in children, Prof. Djajadiman states until now have not known exactly by the experts. This fact also causes the child's cancer prevention efforts difficult.
"But that is the cause of the influence of genetic factors, such as deviation or defect genes that cause cell growth were not restrained. This is a cause of cancer prevented children difficult. Because clearly different from the cancer on the adult emergence can be a factor because of the behavior and lifestyle," he explained .
Maybe a day later when it can be known, Prof. Djajadiman holds, cancer in children can be overcome with the methods of therapy. "The therapy may be in the form of gene therapy and not a therapy for prevention," he said.
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