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Posted on Apr 19, 2022
It is estimated that every 3 minutes a new child is diagnosed with childhood cancer worldwide. WHO data suggests that approximately 400,000 child cancer cases are diagnosed each year. This excludes thousands of children who loose their lives prior to a diagnosis. In high-income countries/developed nations these children have an 80% cure rate whereas in low-income countries/developing nations like ours the cure falls down to 20%.
The drastic difference for this varied child cancer cure rates are
So to help these children we must aim at EARLY DIAGNOSIS. The steps for the same are
For childhood cancer screening is generally not useful. Only a very few of them have a significant genetic inheritance. Access to a good oncologist & child hospitals for treatments includes Chemotherapy, Surgery or Radiation depending on specific conditions.
So finally we must understand that Childhood cancer is curable and hence we must strive hard to diagnose early with a high index of suspicion. Faith is bigger than fear!!…..