children s health issues
Overview of Childhood Cancer
Complications of cancer treatment
Similar to cancer care in adults, doctors use a combination of treatments, including Surgery for Cancer , Children who survive cancer are also more prone to developing long-term consequences of chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation therapy, which may include Infertility Poor growth Delayed or no puberty Damage to the heart and other organs Development of second cancers (which occur in 3 to 12% of children who survive cancer) Psychologic and social problems Developmental or neurologic problems or both Because such severe consequences are possible and treatment is complex, children with cancer are best treated in centers where experts have experience treating childhood cancers. The risk of having a second cancer depends on the type of first cancer. The risk also depends on whether radiation therapy was used to treat the first cancer or what type of chemotherapy was used. 