Date commemorate February 15 as the Children's Cancer Day International, to remind all of us will be the increasing cases of childhood cancer. An estimated 2-4% of overall cancer attack children. Although these numbers appear small, but contribute 10% of cancer deaths in children. And according to data from 2007, in Indonesia each year found about 4,100 cancer patients a new child.
Not yet known what causes certain cancers in children. Cancer that attacks since the baby was born, it is suspected of irregularities due to the growth of the cells genetic defects in the womb. In children is greater, is alleged to pemicunya environmental factors and children's food is not healthy. Can be also due to radiation or viral infection. Or blend between genetic factors, environment, radiation, and infection.
Cancer is found most often in children is a blood cancer or leukemia (25-30%), followed by retinoblastoma (eye cancer retina), limfoma (lymph gland cancer), neuroblastoma (nerve cancer), kidney cancer (Wilms tumor) , rabdomiosarkoma (lurik muscle cancer), and osteosarkoma (bone cancer).
As with adults, cancer in children most likely to be cured if found early in the stadium. But early detection of cancer to children is not easy, because children can not understand the symptoms and told dirasakannya. Therefore the role of people in the surrounding areas is very important in detecting the symptoms of cancer.
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Not yet known what causes certain cancers in children. Cancer that attacks since the baby was born, it is suspected of irregularities due to the growth of the cells genetic defects in the womb. In children is greater, is alleged to pemicunya environmental factors and children's food is not healthy. Can be also due to radiation or viral infection. Or blend between genetic factors, environment, radiation, and infection.
Cancer is found most often in children is a blood cancer or leukemia (25-30%), followed by retinoblastoma (eye cancer retina), limfoma (lymph gland cancer), neuroblastoma (nerve cancer), kidney cancer (Wilms tumor) , rabdomiosarkoma (lurik muscle cancer), and osteosarkoma (bone cancer).
As with adults, cancer in children most likely to be cured if found early in the stadium. But early detection of cancer to children is not easy, because children can not understand the symptoms and told dirasakannya. Therefore the role of people in the surrounding areas is very important in detecting the symptoms of cancer.