Patient's question:
My friend's child is only six years old this year. Last month, he was carefully diagnosed with cancer. Although it was in the early stages, after a period of treatment, it was found that the condition could not be controlled. Now his cancer has advanced to the late stage. I really feel heartbroken and wonder why treating childhood cancer is so difficult?Doctor's answer:
Children with cancer, they are mainly caused by congenital factors leading to a mutation in genes, this disease is generally of high malignancy. If it recurs, its treatment is particularly difficult, and their cancer life expectancy is also very short. For these patients, the most important thing is to undergo surgery to remove the tumor, which can reduce the patient's quality of life, so the cure rate for children is very low. Another reason is the of children, it is difficult for them to express their feelings freely, so it is often discovered that the disease has already reached an advanced stage, which affects the treatment of childhood cancer.