In the other hand Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) typically affects all age groups equally, but it is the type most often seen in older children and teens. This type of rhabdomyosarcoma most often occurs in large muscles of the trunk, arms, and legs.
Bone cancers are somewhat difference to the other cancer since this type of cancer can develop in children at any age but usually targets older teens as well as older children. "They account for about 4% of childhood cancers." (American Cancer Society) There is a similar bone cancer that unlike this one primarily starting in the bone Matastatic bone cancer starts in some other part of your body then makes it's way to the bones. There are two really common types of bone cancers, which are Osteosarcoma and Ewing Sarcoma. Osteosarcoma is one of the most common cancers. It is usually founded in fast growing bones and shows up mostly on teens. The pain is intense and worsens at night or with any type of physical activity which will swell up around the bone. Unlike Osteosarcoma, Ewing Sarcoma is a less common cancer in the bones but someone is diagnosed with it their is a more likely chance that it would be a young teen. Also the most likely places for this cancer to start include shoulder blades, ribs, bones in the pelvis, and the chest wall.
“A risk factor is anything that changes your chance of getting a disease such as cancer. Different cancers have different risk factors.” (American Cancer Society) Some important risk factors that can affect adults more then children is the lifestyle the adult is living it in including doing drugs, having extreme overweight and not getting enough exercise. There is also environmental factors that come in place like being exposed to a lot of radiati...
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Having one hour to shadow a pediatric oncologist would be an experience of a lifetime. Preparing for an experience like that would be extremely difficult.All this preparation would be done weeks in advance to the day i am actually shadowing the physician.
The first question I expect to be asked by every interviewer is "why anesthesiology now?" In 2012, after 6 years of post-graduate training, I was thrilled and elated to finally became a board-certified pediatric hematologist/oncologist. Three years later, I am ready to go back to residency. Pediatric hematology/oncology was one of my earliest rotations as a third year medical student and I fell in love with the pathology and, of course, the kids. After that rotation, I, perhaps naively, didn 't give much thought to other specialties and focused solely on pediatrics, going on to complete my pediatrics residency at the University of Michigan, followed by fellowship at the University of Colorado. Now, three years after my transition into post-training practice, I have come to realize the realities of pediatric specialized medicine are not what I expected when I chose this career.
Despite ongoing research, the cause of osteosarcoma is still unknown. Occurring in 2 persons per million per year (Michael et al., 2006) osteosarcoma is the most common primary tumor of the bone, but yet its incidence amongst malignant tumors is rare. However there are numerous factors that have been shown to effect prevalence. Osteosarcoma occurs predominantly in males, although the tumor does have a tendency to develop earlier in females (American Cancer Society, 2014). The risk of osteosarcoma is highest for people who are aged between 10 and 30. Most common however is during the teenage growth spurt, due to the rapid bone growth and higher chance of a mutation occurring in DNA replication. Height can also be a risk factor. Children with osteosarcoma are generally tall for their age, which again indicates a link to rapid bone growth. Osteosarcoma also appears to have a slightly higher prevalence in African Americans than other races. There is also evidence of genetic predisposition being a risk...
Upon doing some research, I found that a pediatrician's main duty, and the type of the work done in the career. According to Gaither (2016), the author examines who a pediatrician is and what this chosen career does in health care. According to Gaither (2016), a pediatrician’s main duty is to take care and to examine children to make sure they are in a healthy condition and are developing correctly. It also mentions that picking a pediatrician is a very important choice for the future and well being of your child. However, to goes on to mention that pediatricians are very important to have because they have extensive knowledge of a child’s health, and a pediatrician can spot illnesses quickly and diagnose them effectively. This is further
I appreciate that you have decided to share your personal experience within this post. Pediatric care is an entity within itself within the medical field. Ill children are extremely difficult to manage as patients and have the tendency to have a rapid change in status while patients in the hospital. Providing safe care for pediatrics during hospitalization is an area that I am not too familiar with. Working the ER I have had many pediatric patients, but the parents always remain with the patient. When peds patients are admitted, hospital protocol states that the patient must be present during the transfer of the patient to the admitting floor. So, in my experience the parent always provides the safety aspect of care in the ER, patient are expected
Risk factors involve the child itself and the parent or caretaker. Risk factors for the child consist of male gender, history of colic, prematurity, low birth weight, drug/nicotine/alcohol exposure, or withdrawal syndrome, special needs or medically fragile and babies with poor bonding to caregivers (Meskauskas, Beaton, & Meservey, 2009, p. 326). Young parental age, unstable family environment, low soc...
The risk factors for child sexual abuse can be classified into three broad categories: the Perpetrator’s, family and community risk factors. Perpetrator risk factors are those factors associated with adult who may commit such an abuse. They include drug and alcohol abuse, acceptance of violence, prior sexual abuse, suicidal tendencies, exposure to explicit sexual content and poor social skills among others (Finkelhor et al, 2014).
It is commonly diagnosed in childhood but can arise at any age and is not currently
The American Cancer Society is a volunteer-based organization that is present across the United States. Its main purpose is to raise money and awareness about the severity and prevalence of cancer. Cancer education and research is where most of the focus and monetary donations are used for. The American Cancer Society strives to fulfill their goal of “less cancer and more birthdays” across all generations and populations (ACS Inc., 2011).
Health should always be a concerning risk factor no matter what one’s condition is in, it truly affects one’s overall health. For example: eating disorders can lead to the development of serious physical health problems, such
It is a parent’s worst nightmare. According to a newly published study in The New England Journal of Medicine, a substantial number of children with cancer carry cancer-predisposing mutations inherited from a parent. Pediatric, or childhood cancer is a severely mysterious case. Typically, most cancers in the general population are caused by genetic mutations over the course of a lifetime, and young children (especially under the age of 15 years) have not been around long enough to experience large doses of UV radiation, chemicals or growth exposures that are the cause of cancer growth.
No matter who it happens to, any type of cancer is heart breaking. However, one’s heart seems to crack a little bit deeper when you hear a child has been diagnosed. Several forms of cancer can arise during childhood. The most common is called acute lymphoblastic/lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). In fact, it is so common between the ages 0-14, that people refer to it as childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Kanwar, 2013).
How does one see the symptoms for childhood cancer? First one must know that there are many different types. There are forty different types of children’s cancer, including: Leukemia, Lymphoma, Sarcomas, cancers of the nervous system, liver cancers, kidney cancer, and more. Out of these cancers, the two most common childhood cancers are Leukemia, and brain tumors. What is leukemia? It is a cancer in which the bone marrow and other organs that produce blood produce and increased amount of immature or abnormal white blood cells. The symptoms of leukemia are paleness, excessive bruising, pain in the joints, and fatigue. Brain tumors are formed when a massive amount of cells are produced on the brain. The symptoms for this are frequent headaches, vomiting, seizures, decreased coordination, weakness, and problems concerning vision.
Additional peer risk factors include gang involvement or the reinforcement of negative norms and expectations within a peer group, the lack of academic expectations, and parent involvement in school play a significant role in adolescent substance abuse. Community risk factors include high unemployment rates, economic deprivation, constant population changes, and the availability of alcohol and other drugs.... ... middle of paper ... ... The more risk factors they are exposed to, the more likely they are to have access to drug/s of choice.
The forth risk factor is high cholesterol. High cholesterol can be affected by what you eat in