especially dangerous cancer is neuroblastoma. “Neuroblastoma . . . accounts for about 6% of all cancers in children . . . The average age at the time of diagnosis is about 1 to 2 years” ("What Are the Key Statistics about Neuroblastoma?"). Neuroblastoma is a devastating cancer found mostly in young children that is hard to terminate but learning the symptoms and most effective treatments can help with diagnosis and cure for an affected child. Understanding what neuroblastoma is, is critical for a cure
I. Radiation therapy hasn't always been something everyone found to be safe,usable, or effective.It has been cosidered dangerous and sometimes fatal, some also believe radiation therapy will cause the patient to not to get better but to make get worse and very ill. Some people with open minds ponder the question does radiation therapy really cause you to get worse?Radiation therapy can do you good because it kills of cancer cells which could save your life depending on the severity of it. Radiation
Neuroblastoma is one of the third most common of childhood cancers. There are about six hundred and fifty cases a year in the United States or about six percent of childhood cancers. It often is diagnosed in infancy and rarely in children who have reached the age of ten. Neuroblastoma is an adrenal cancer that most often develops in the adrenal glands atop of the kidneys of a fetus or in infants. Neuroblastoma can also develop anywhere along the sympathetic nervous system chain from the neck to
Childhood cancer has greatly affected our society and the lives of the people impacted negatively. If affects children from ages four to fourteen, when their lives has just started. The treatments for children remain frustratingly far away. In the Fault in Our Stars, it shows how the families and the community are affected by childhood cancer. Childhood cancer remains a silent disease. Although childhood cancer is rare, it’s still the leading cause of death by disease in children, yet the funding
2004, she was just eight years old and had raised over one million dollars for cancer. Alexandra went through a lot in her life even though she only lived until she was eight years old. Shortly before her first birthday, Alex was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer. A few days later, the doctors told her parents that if she beat her cancer it was doubtful that News spread of Alexandra and that she was dedicated to helping other sick children. People from all over the world held
into an oncogene. First, the ras proto-oncogene can be... ... middle of paper ... ...in Burkitt’s lymphoma lead to the conversion of a proto-oncogene into an oncogene.7 Other forms of human cancer that involve oncogenes are neuroblastoma and breast cancer. In neuroblastoma patients there is a large presence of abnormality of the N-myc proto-oncogene associated with a conversion to an oncogene. In neuroplastic cells there is an abnormal increase in the N-myc gene resulting from gene amplification
by a determined 7 year girl named Alex Scott. Alex was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, cancer of the nerves, when she was just four years old. Alex set up her lemonade stand to collect money to give to sick children like her. ¨At 4 years old, Alexandra “Alex” Scott set up her first lemonade stand to help children like herself who had cancer. With help from others, Alex raised more than $1 million while battling the neuroblastoma that took her life when she was only 8(McCord).¨ This became a national
Many have asked this one question, what a hero is; either big or small a hero can be anyone. Some might not look the part, but that doesn’t matter, it’s what they do that counts. A hero can be anyone, even those you might expect. According to Webster dictionary a hero is a person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities, a person who is greatly admired. To say nothing of, the men and women in our military, fire and police department, who risk their lives every day for our
I am who I am today, because I beat death against all odds. When I was a child, my doctor diagnosed me with stage IV Neuroblastoma. My doctor told my parents that I had a 25% of surviving, and if I were to survive that I would have a learning disability. The fact that I survived and did not develop the predicted learning disability was a miracle, and has influenced and inspired me in numerous ways. My childhood experience has not only molded me into a determined, hardworking young adult, but also
scientist. Being a pathologist would give me a chance to work on interesting research topics, transitional research, and reporting rare cases. I have worked on many research projects, involving studying Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) mutations in neuroblastoma, renal biopsy findings in diabetic patients with or without non-diabetic renal diseases superimposed on diabetic nephropathy, stem cell research, public health issues and a case report of endobronchial metastasis of
In 2015 John Cena had granted over 500 wishes. Turning his wrestling logo “Never Give Up,” into a campaign for ill children. He raised over 1 million dollars for Make A Wish. A young boy named Sam had neuroblastoma a cancer that effects the nervous system. He always wanted to play baseball but never could physically handle it. The community came together and built him a baseball field and put together two teams just so he could for one day. Over 400 people
Tumor lysis syndrome- Acute tumor lysis disease has metabolic differences that are the direct result of fast release of intracellular contents during the lysis of harmful cells. This usually happens in patients with ALL or Brurkitt lymphoma during the first treatment but may happen in a sudden and unplanned way before the beginning of therapy. Tumor lysis syndrome may also happen in other cancer growths that have a large tumor load, are very sensitive to the use of powerful drugs, or have a fast-proliferative
Introduction Alexandria Scott, or “Alex” as she was called, was born in 1996, in Connecticut. Diagnosed with neuroblastoma at age 1, her parents were informed that she had a type of rare childhood cancer that had no cure. One day, at age 4, Alex informed her parents that she wanted to start a lemonade stand to help raise money “so the doctors could help other kids like the doctors had helped me.” Alex and her older brother Patrick put her plan into action and in July 2000, Alex’s first lemonade
This little children Jake Ward, because has no immunities following cancer treatment. His safety depends on others being vaccinated. He can’t take any immunization because got a neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer occurs in nerve tissue. He can’t have any vaccine taken after the first year of cancer treatment. It is very that everyone can help others and them selve by taking a immunization as early as possible.because if a child
I was in the middle of traffic. It was 7:24 a.m. and I had to be in class in six minutes. After studying a significant amount of time, nerves were eating me alive because this exam would mark a stage in my life. My mind kept running, going over and over everything I had studied, thinking about physics, biology, and my worst nightmare; organic chemistry. Five minutes had gone by and I was almost at the location where my future would be defined. My vehicle was parked and my anxiety would not go away
Hypertension may not be common in children, but if present, may be a problem in children of any age. It is often missed due to medical professionals omitting to take the blood pressure in a child or the technique, used by the doctor to take the blood pressure, is incorrect.[7] In adults a high blood pressure is defined as a BP of 140/90 and higher but in children, to determine if the BP is high, one has to take into account the child’s age, weight and height. A child is said to have hypertension
feeling for her therapist’s death was only for herself. Yet, the narcissism that the depressed person has restricts her from seeing past herself and her needs and to care about others. The depressed person is unable to care about her friend with neuroblastoma, she only cares about the pain and fear that she herself is in. She is stuck in her narcissism and is unable to get
What is Pediatrics? Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that concerns the healthcare of infants, children, and adolescents. Children are susceptible to a number of diseases and their development needs to be carefully monitored to ensure they are growing as they should be. It’s also essential that children are treated in a manner that is suitable for their age and weight. Pediatric medicine encompasses babies through to teens and in the beginning, will include a full immunization program for diseases
Background Info? Bone marrow transplantation restores stem cells that were destroyed by high doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. After being treated with high-dose anticancer drugs and/or radiation, the patient receives the harvested stem cells, which travel to the bone marrow and begin to produce new blood cells. Bone marrow is the soft, sponge-like material found inside bones. It contains immature cells known as hematopoietic or blood-forming stem cells. Bone marrow is the spongy tissue
“You make the world a better place by making yourself a better person,” was once said by a man named Scott Sorrell. In today’s modern world and age, everything seems to be progressing and getting larger at a mind blowing rate. This includes people’s attitudes on themselves, on other people, and on the world in general. Many people are insecure and spiteful towards their physique or their overall worth, and bitter and disconnected from other people. Scott Sorrell’s quote is conveying that one can