Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Childhood Cancers
- Systems
- Nervous
- Haematopoietic
- Connective tx
- Multi-factorial aetiology
- Genetic
- polygenic or point mutation
- early onset
- Chromosomal abnormalities
- E.g. Down syndrome – increased risk of leukaemia
- E.g. immune disorders – lymphoma, leukaemia, brain cancer
- E.g. xeroderma pigmentosum – squamous cell
carcinoma and melanoma
- exposure to mutagenic environmental agents
- 2nd leading COD: 1-14y
- Diagnosis
- *often overlooked *less frequent * Sn & Sx
similar to common childhood diseases
- *Prolonged fever
*Unexplained
weight loss
*Growing masses