The Symptoms Of Childhood Cancer

Childhood cancer strikes children of all ages, races, and genders, and creates financial, and psychological burdens for the families involved. If you have ever seen a childhood cancer commercial, with the incredibly depressing music playing in the background, it may leave you with a sense of sadness and uneasiness. “Childhood cancer (also known as pediatric cancer) is cancer in a child. In the United States, an arbitrarily adopted standard of the ages used is zero to nineteen years of age inclusive, that is, up to fourteen years eleven to twelve months of age, However, the definition of childhood cancer sometimes includes adolescents between fifteen and nineteen years old. Pediatric oncology is the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis …show more content…
Childhood cancer represents only a small percentage of the vast spectrum of cancer patients. As for Childhood cancer since the percentile is so small; there is little research on how chemotherapy influences a young child versus an older child and the many side effects it causes. Once a child gets diagnosed the family doesn’t really know where to go, what to do, or who to consider as their doctor. It’s like they are stuck by this huge unattainable obstacle. Families are stressed that their baby is going through this. Childhood cancer and cancer, in general, are serious diseases that are not easily treated families only have each other and God in times like these. It can be a very difficult time for the loved ones but like Philippians 4:13 says “I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Bible). Since children represent a small percentage of cancer patients, they feel alone. “Childhood cancers represent less than one percent of all cancers diagnosed each year. About 10, 270 children in the United States under the age of 15 will be diagnosed with cancer in 2017. Childhood cancer rates have been rising slightly for the past few decades. Because of major treatment advances in recent decades, more than 80% of children with cancer now survive five years or more. Overall, this has been a huge increase since the mid-1970s, when the five-year survival rate was about 58%. Nevertheless, survival rates vary depending on the type of cancer and other factors.The survival rates for a specific type of childhood cancer can be found in our information for that cancer type. After accidents, cancer is the second leading cause of death in children ages one to fourteen. About 1,190 children under the age of fifteen years old are expected to die from cancer in 2017” (cancer.gov). Adolescents with cancer experience a feeling of depression, and confusion, and ask themselves “why me? “Childhood