February 15 is celebrated as the International Child Cancer Day, to remind us to the increasing cases of child cancer. It is estimated that 2-4% of all cancer attacking children. Although this number seems small, but cancer contribute 10% of deaths in children. According to data in 2007, in Indonesia it was found about 4100 new child cancer patients each year
Not yet known exactly what causes cancer in children. Cancer that attacks the baby since birth, is thought that the cause is cell growth aberration due to the genetic defects in uteri. In older children, it is thought the cause is environmental factors and unhealthy children food and it may be due to radiation or viral infection or a combination of genetic, environmental, radiation, and infections.
The most common cancer found in children is blood cancer or leukemia (25-30%), followed by retinoblastoma (cancer of the retina of the eye), lymphoma (lymph node cancer), neuroblastoma (nerve cancer), kidney cancer (Wilms tumor), rabdomiosarcoma (striated muscle cancer), and osteosarcoma (bone cancer).
Like cancer attacking adults, cancer in children can be cured if found in early stages. But early cancer detection is not easy in children, because children cannot understand and tell the symptoms felt. Therefore the role of the people around them is very important in detecting the cancer symptoms.
According to some sources, cancer symptoms in children include:
a. Blood Cancer (Leukemia)
The Symptoms often found in leukemia among others are, pale face, listless, weak, uncertain fever and not cured by antibiotics, bleeding with unclear why the surface of the skin looks blue-black bruises but did not knock, limb pain (bone), swollen stomach, enlarged lymph nodes.
b. Brain Cancer
The Symptoms are headache, more and more severe, accompanied with nausea to vomiting, which are sprayed under the pressure of the increases in the head. Can also be accompanied with talk disturbances, vision disturbances, balance disturbances, seizures, decreased consciousness, and even behavioral changes can occur. The special feature on the baby is top of his head is protruding.
c. Retina Eye Cancer (Retinoblastoma)
This cancer most attacks baby aged six months – two years. The Symptom is a white speck in the middle of the eye that seemed to shine when in light (like a cat’s eye). Other symptoms are vision impaired, suddenly crossed, and protruding eyeballs on next stage.
d. Lymph node cancer (malignant lymphoma)
This cancer most attacks children aged 5-7 years. The Symptoms are progressive swelling of lymph-nodes in the neck, armpit, and intestines, without inflammation and pain. When the swelling arises in the lymph nodes in the intestines, it can cause blockage of the intestine with an abdominal pain, vomiting, unable to defecate, and fever. When grows in the chest area, can encourage or suppress the airways, so that the patient feel shortness of breath and blue face. In addition, children become weak, listless, and decreased appetite.
e. Nerve cancer (Neuroblastoma)
Sympathetic nerve cancer can occur in various parts of the body. In children, most often occurs near the kidneys, in the waist area, in the neck or chest cavity, and eyes. When the cancer is in eye, can make eyeballs protruding and the eyelids swollen and blue, or down eyelids, and pupils dilated. When in the spine, it can suppress spinal cord and results rapid paralysis. Its spread of the bone can cause fractures without reason, without pain, so people suddenly limp. Another symptom is lumps appear on head, or abdomen becomes enlarge and hard.
f. Kidney Cancer (Nefroblastoma)
Nefroblastoma often called Wilms’ tumor is the most attacking children aged 3-4 years, but can also attack the newborn. The symptoms showed by bloody urine, discomfort in the stomach, and when old enough stomach is enlarged and palpable hard.
g. Muscle Cancer (Rabdomiosarcoma)
This cancer can attack any muscles. In children, it usually attack head, neck, bladder, prostate, and vagina. The Symptoms depend on location generated. In the eye socket, may causes eyes protruding and a lump in eyes. In the ear, it causes pain or bleeding from the ear hole. In the urinary tract, causes urinary disorders. If attacks the limb striated muscle, can cause swelling.
h. Bone cancer (Osteosarcoma)
Osteosarcoma usually attacks children aged 10-20 years. It can attack any part of the bone, but the most found is in the legs, arms, and hips. Usually marked with pain and swelling of the bone. Sometimes preceded with crunch, like fall with unclear cause.
If you find symptoms as mentioned above in your infants and children, consult your doctor immediately. The treatment is basically the same with adults, the combination of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and bone marrow transplant.
Meanwhile, prevention efforts that can be done is, pregnant mothers should avoid radiation, pollution and cigarette smoke, always eat healthy foods and avoid foods that contain chemical ingredients added, reduce the consumption of fat, and get the children to live healthy, healthy eating, protected from pollution.
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