Childhood Cancer – a dreaded disease

Childhood Cancer

Although the exact cause of the childhood cancer is a secret until date but many doctors think that the disease is due to genetic condition such a down syndrome. By the way, in our country alone a number of children are suffering from this disease but very few diagnosed at an initial stage. However, childhood cancer is curable if a child is diagnosed at an early stage.

Cancer can affect people of any age, group including children and very fit looking people as we have an example of the same when we saw one of our top most cricket players suffering from Cancer. However, the good news is that childhood cancer is curable in most of the cases.

Although the exact cause of the childhood cancer is a secret until date but many doctors think that the disease is due to genetic condition such a down syndrome. By the way, in our country alone, more than ten thousand children suffer from this disease every year and there are, still sixty thousand children suffering from the same right now. However, every expert of the field has the opinion that more than seventy percent children can be, cured if the y go under proper treatment and stage of their cancer is not concerned.

Moreover, they would remain fine in the future, if the disease does not reoccur within the next five years while they are treated and found fit. While on the subject this is better to know a few facts about the age group the children suffer from cancer. From age zero to three years, blood cancer, brain caner or kidney tumor is common in kids. Later in age group from three years to ten years or some times even up to twelve years of age the chances of bone cancer, soft tissue tumor and brain cancer are more likely and affect children.