Pediatric Nursing

Pediatric Oncology

It can be hard to hear that a child has cancer or a blood disorder. It is recognized that neuroblastoma is the most common solid extra-cranial infant tumour. It is an embryonic malignant tumour of the sympathetic nervous system resulting from neuroblasts (pluripotent sympathetic cells). Researchers are looking for a genetic source of cancer in children. Common blood disorders in children are leukemia and lymphoma. Leukemia is a disease of white blood cells. The most common type of pediatric leukemia is acute lymphocytic leukemia. Other types of leukemia that occur less frequently in children include acute myeloid leukemia and chronic myeloid leukemia. Lymphomas are the third most common cancer in children. Based on the characteristics and microscopic appearance of the cancer cell, pediatric lymphomas are divided into Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Therefore, learning more about advances in cancer detection and images is becoming a leading topic in curing childhood cancer.