In many people's perceptions, "cancer" seems to be associated with age and bad habits; Indeed, most cancer patients are older, and many maintain bad habits, leading to malignant tumors that eventually develop into cancer.
However, few people know that children also suffer from cancer.
According to the World Health Organization, the term "childhood cancer" is commonly used to refer to cancer in children under the age of 15. Childhood cancer is rare, accounting for only 0.5% to 4.6% of all cancers. The total incidence of childhood cancer worldwide is 50 to 200 per 1 million children. The most common childhood cancer is leukemia and other most common malignancies are lymphoma and central nervous system tumors.
But despite its rarity, childhood cancer remains a major cause of death in young children: more than 250000 children are diagnosed with cancer every year and about 90,000 children die from cancer.
Nor is the incidence of childhood cancer optimistic in Australia: at least 950 cases of childhood cancer are diagnosed in Australia every year, according to the news.com.au. While an average of about 80% of children receive effective treatment and eventually recover after diagnosis, an average of three children or adolescents die of cancer every week.
How to "zero" child cancer mortality has been an important research goal in Australian paediatric medicine.
In recent days, Australia's 13 leading cancer research institutions and eight cancer children's treatment centers have made a joint decision to promote a nationwide, "privately made" medical service trial for cancer children. The goal is to make it possible for all children with cancer who suffer from malignant tumors to eventually be cured!
The nationwide campaign to help children with cancer start with genetic analysis and "the right medicine" to find the best treatment for the child began in a small-scale clinical trial in the new state in 2015, it is reported.
In clinical trials, the cancer survival rate of the 60 children with cancer was less than 30% on average, belonging to the more difficult cancer patients. After some success in these trials, several Australian medical institutions hope to extend the trial nationwide, and the beneficiaries will include all cancer children whose cure rates are less than 30% and currently reach as many as 400 across Australia.
Their goal is: in the next three years, help these children overcome the disease!
In addition, MichelleHaber from Children's Cancer Institution, one of the co-sponsors of the trial, says their goal is not just to cure all children with cancer. It is also hoped that this will prevent cancer in children and adults: by analyzing the genome that can cause cancer in the human body, it is possible to "strangle it in the cradle".
TraceyO'Brien, director of the Children's Cancer Center in Sydney's Children's Hospital, said they found in their experiments that children with cancer were in different situations, and that even each cancer was special. Therefore, "tailor-made" medical programs for cancer children, not only for their disease, but also to improve treatment efficiency and reduce the risk of treatment.
The experiment was also supported by the government.
Greg Hunt, Australia's federal health minister, said the Tam Pao government would provide A $20 million in funding for the trial and would "lead Australia to the forefront of the world." Through the plan, he hopes, more treatments for cancer will be discovered. At the same time, the move has also been unanimously supported by relevant agencies in Kunzhou, South Australia and Victoria.
See here, the editor is also full of expectations for this program, I hope this program will help more children with cancer!
