Program CNN is vital signs It took an important topic for public health: cancer in children. Famous experts discussed the main types of cancer that affect children, highlighting the importance of early diagnosis and the characteristics of these cases compared to adults.
According to Dr. Maria del Pillar Estevies, the Director of the Clinical Staff of the São Paulo Cancer Institute (IESP), children’s cancers are largely rare compared to adults. However, it emphasizes an important feature: “We have an advantage there that you have more treatment cancer.”
Blood cancers that lead statistics
Among the most common types of childhood cancer, experts are the most prominent blood cancers. The doctor says: “Blood cancers draw attention, so we have lymphomas, leukemia.” Although it is not necessarily more frequent in children than in adults, these species are the most prevalent in the age group for children.
In addition to blood cancers, doctors have warned of the central nervous system tumors and sarcomas, which are rare but rather important. The doctor says these cancers are “very important and often neglected.”
The importance of early diagnosis
One of the decisive points covered by experts was the need to pay attention to the ongoing symptoms in children. “The child suffers from persistent pain, and he has an increase in size in a joint or a tip, and this ends, if it takes a long time to make the diagnosis, I think this is the big problem of childhood cancer.”
Early diagnosis is very important to increase Healing chances And reduce the effects of treatment. Parents and caregivers should be familiar with signals such as persistent pain, inaccurate swelling, changes in the behavior of the child, and seeking immediate medical evaluation in case of doubt.
