10 questions about children's oncology

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  • Question number 1
  • Question # 2
  • Question number 3
  • Question number 4
  • Question number 5
  • Question number 6
  • Question number 7
  • Question number 8
  • Question number 9
  • Question number 10



  • Question number 1. Do children get sick with cancer? Maybe only those who irradiated or who leads a particularly unhealthy lifestyle?

    Children, unfortunately, sick cancer. Frequency - order
    10-15 cases per 100,000 children. But in general, in Russia it amounts to
    5000 new cases per year. It is mostly about blood cancer and
    lymphatic system (these are various leukemia, lymphoma,
    Lymphogranulomatosis), to a lesser extent - the tumor of the central nervous
    systems, bones, various organs (kidneys, liver and t.NS.).

    Sick a variety of children. Boys and girls,
    babies and teenagers, cities and villages, strong and fragile, from
    rich and poor families. Fashion with a guarantee to protect yourself from child cancer
    does not exist.



    Question # 2. Why do you think that it is the problems of children, patients with cancer, are especially relevant?

    In our country, cancer ranks second in the structure
    Children's freeze from 1 to 14 years. First - accidents (injuries and
    poisoning), but here we can do little, and cancer patients can
    Really help.

    At the same time, the efforts of relatives and doctors
    in cancer diseases are often not enough. Modern treatment
    leukemia or lymphoma is very long and heavy, implies numerous
    blood transfusion, and often the purchase of expensive drugs (one bottle
    of such drugs like neapogen, pentaglobin, ambiz, kansidas, vfend
    It costs thousands or even tens of thousands of rubles). For many months of treatment,
    As a rule, family resources are already exhausted, and you need help volunteers and
    benefactors.

    Of course, you need help and other children. For example,
    Very hard the position of children who expect kidney transplants and for a long time
    are on dialysis. There are children with a sick liver, sick heart, with
    fibrosis and other severe hereditary diseases. AND
    Now voluntary societies are gradually formed in Russia to help
    And such children.



    Question number 3. Is Children's oncology treats?

    10 questions about children's oncology
    Children's cancer now in many cases successfully
    treated. In our country, this has become true since the early 1990s,
    Thanks to the introduction of more efficient chemotherapy protocols.
    Surgical technique is improved. According to the statistics of developed countries
    With a modern level of medicine, you can heal to 80% of the ill
    cancer. In Russia, so far is cured about 50%. In countries «Third World»
    - up to 20%.

    If you consider the total number of illsant equal to 5`000, and
    Existing survival rate of 50% (2`500), it helps in the acquisition
    expensive drugs and equipment used in developed countries,
    Mobilizing children on the fight against ailment, there is a chance to give life annually
    Another 1`500 Russian children, having achieved by common efforts of the real 80%.

    Now «Principal incurability» Children's cancer
    - Outdated view. But it is a lively, because society
    Not enough informed. The media rarely want
    talk about such a painful problem like cancer. If in medical
    Book Children's Cancer is called incurable, then, most likely, you encountered
    Just with reproving the old book where new data is not taken into account.



    Question number 4. Why do children need blood donors?

    If a child has a diagnosis «leukemia» or «Aplastic
    anemia», This means that he needs not only money for medicines, but also
    blood. No matter how much money managed to gather, the child will die if
    leave it without blood transfusion. From this rule there are no exceptions.
    Blood transfusion is one of the specific types of therapy when
    Hematological diseases without which the patient dies during
    2 or 3 months.

    In aplastic anemia, the hematopoietic organ -
    bone marrow ceases to produce all blood cells. These are red blood cells,
    Oxygen separating over tissues; Platelets warning
    hemorrhages and bleeding, and leukocytes that fight with
    infectious processes, with viruses and fungi. In the absence of these
    cells man dies from bleeding and infections harmless to
    Healthy people. Treatment of aplastic anemia is aimed at
    make the bone marrow again start producing blood cells. But so far
    This does not happen, the child needs regular blood transfusions.

    During leukemia, during the period of acute development of the disease
    bone marrow produces only patients with cells, and after each course
    chemotherapy about 3 weeks bone marrow also not
    produces blood cells, and the patient must be transfused.
    Some patients are overflowing once a week, some - each
    day.



    Question number 5. Does we talk about full recovery from cancer? It seemed to me that cancer could only retreat for a while, and then he would come back again.

    Need to distinguish full cure and remission
    (temporary disappearance or reduction of clinical signs of the disease).
    In this case, we talk exactly about cancer cure. With most
    oncological diseases if the child lived after treatment for 5 years without
    Recurrements, it is considered healthy - the probability of cancer will
    Low.



    Question number 6. And that, recovered children can lead a full life? Or they remain deep disabled?

    Almost all recovered children mentally
    Full, and in many cases physically. They can learn,
    communicate with other children, play sports, and upon reaching
    adult age - work, to start families, give birth. Sure,
    Frequently and cases of serious complications after severe treatment -
    For example, problems with vision, with kidneys, with musculoskeletal
    system, with reproductive health. But in general it is impossible to say that
    All children who have suffered cancer will remain seriously ill for life.
    Moreover, with proper and timely treatment with significant
    part of complications can be copped.



    Question number 7. But why then leukemia and lymphoma in adults are treated much worse?

    Modern protocols of anticancer treatment are very
    hard tolerated. If in childhood and youth the body can survive
    Such treatment and recover, then in the mature and old age chances
    Reduce. And when using other protocols, the results worse.



    Question number 8. Why parents of sick children will not try to pay for the treatment, selling their apartment or exchanged it for the worse?

    10 questions about children's oncology
    Often it happens - people sell everything that
    can be sold including housing. But this output is not available to anything.
    First, if the family came to treatment from the impoverished little
    Town or from the village (standard situation), then the cost
    apartments or private house even closely do not have enough for treatment. And there I
    Family from hostels, from communal, from emergency houses.

    Secondly, if you sell an apartment, then after graduation
    Treatment should be thought of payment of removable housing. And the family by this time
    often turns out to be in such a material position that barely barely
    Straws for food. If we are talking about lone mother or
    lonely father with a child (it's no secret that families with patients with children often
    disintegrate), then they may not be without funds to
    existence other than meager pensions, t.To. adult due to need
    permanent care for the child loses work.

    Thirdly, it is impossible to change on very old housing,
    Since staying in it is deadly for a child with reduced
    Immunity. Because of the cold and, worst, because of the fungus. There is I
    Other difficulties. In other words, the sale or exchange of an apartment is
    Possible exit only for relatively prosperous families living in
    major cities. And the rest are looking for help from benefactors.



    Question number 9. I heard that the state pays chemotherapy in Russia. Why then need sponsorship for treatment?

    Not always and not all the necessary drugs have
    in hospitals. In particular, for example, high costs are often required
    Modern antifungal drugs and antibiotics that allow
    cope with severe infectious complications (since
    Chemotherapy Immune defense of the body sharply weakens, the problem of infections
    is one of the main). They usually have to buy on their
    money - or on sponsorship, if there is no money. Not
    Pays for a budget for a number of analyzes and research (for example,
    CT scan). Not paid a noticeable part of the costs of
    Bone marrow transplantation. During the treatment and permanent care
    child family often bothers so much that there is no money
    only for medicines, but even on everyday household needs.



    Question number 10. How to distinguish real charity Internet sites and pages from «

    Lochotron»?

    This is a big problem, t.To. fraudulent sites appear regularly. But you can give some advice.

    First, a properly compiled site with the announcement
    The search for charity assistance must necessarily contain
    only account numbers and email address, but also other coordinates for
    communication and information verification. For example, in the case of searching for money for
    specific patient - the name of the hospital, as well as the name and position
    attending physician; In the case of the Fund - its details, telephone, copies
    registration documents and t.NS. In addition, if banking
    details of a legal entity, it is useful to pay attention to what exactly
    The benefactor is offered to write in the field «purpose of payment». This is
    should not be «Enumeration of funds under a contract such», but «Charitable assistance for treatment of such». If the announcement
    is incorrect, then it does not necessarily mean that its author -
    scammer. Maybe he just does not imagine how
    look like a list of help. But in any case such
    Ads must inspire suspicions and recheck.

    Secondly, on the contrary, there are respected and
    Verified sites of famous organizations that have been collecting many years
    Money for the treatment of children. Links to some of the sites are given at the end
    This list of questions.

    Thirdly, often fraudsters take from famous
    charitable sites Real children's stories, but indicate their
    Bank details. To eliminate this type of fraud, useful,
    For example, see the search program on the Internet, is there anywhere else
    still sites asking for the help of these children or written exactly
    these words, after which compare bank details.

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