February 15 is Children's Cancer Day or International Children's Cancer Day. This is a sad but important date. What you need to know about childhood oncology and what are the causes of cancer in children?
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in children and adolescents worldwide. What you need to know about this disease in order to prevent its occurrence in a child?
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Fact 1. According to statistics from the World Health Organization, 300,000 children around the world are diagnosed with cancer every year.
Fact 2. Most often, children are diagnosed with blood cancer, the second place is occupied by brain tumors. In third place are all other types of cancer.
Fact 4. Some infections increase the risk of cancer in a child. These infections include HIV, Epstein-Barr virus and malaria. Other infections that a child can contract can cause cancer in adulthood. For example, chronic Hepatitis Bincreases the risk of liver cancer, and human papillomavirus - cervical cancer.
Fact 5. Childhood cancer is almost impossible to prevent. But cancer can be cured with early diagnosis. Therefore, if a child complains of pain in some organ, dizziness, you notice strange manifestations on the skin, for example, bruises or bumps, sudden weight loss, strabismus, impaired gait, speech and other symptoms that alarm you - do not delay your visit to doctor.
Fact 6. Nearly 70% of children diagnosed with early cancer are cured. The main thing is not to hope that the problem will go away by itself, but to seek medical help.
