About 10 percent of deaths in children caused by cancer. Cancer in children carrying about 2-4 percent of all cancer incidence in humans. Data World Health Organization (WHO) says each year with cancer in the world increased 6.25 million people. Of these 4 percent or 250 thousand patients are children.
Cancer is a disease caused by cells that divide without control. Under normal circumstances, cells grow and divide when the body really needs to produce new cells. But sometimes there are still cells divide when new cells are not needed. These extra cells form a mass of tissue known as tumors.
Tumor or lump that is otherwise known as malignant cancer.
This type of cancer in children who are suffering a lot in Blood Cancer (Leukemia), Eye Cancer (Retinoblastoma), Brain Cancer,
Lymph node cancer (lymphoma), bone cancer (Osteosarkoma).The bottom line is that cancer can attack all the existing organs.
One of the most important factor to reduce mortality of children with cancer is going socialization needs of cancer patients and cancer in children.
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