Monday, December 1, 2008

Disabilities in Children Can be a Cancer

Children with cancer more often have deformity or disability, such as a form of eyelid and long legs indifferent with the other, compared to the other children. According to the study, this caused by a damage of genetic factors or environmental factors early in the pregnancy that affect both of the problem was.

Dr.Johannes H.M. Merks et al from the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam compares digits of disability in the 175 children who suffered cancer, cancer sufferer 898 children who survive long, and 1,007 children - healthy school-age children. From the results of the research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, early January and then mentioned that there are 214 disability found. Ketidaknormalan found in the majority of children with cancer, namely 26.8%, compared to 5.5% in healthy children. In the children's cancer sufferer, deformitas also tend to be more than one type.

14% deformitas were found, significantly associated with cancer in the children. Some type of disability among the lid down, indifferent long legs, bending palm rocker, broad feet, and a reddish skin (discoloration). In cancer patients, these aberrations were found to 9 times more often than normal children.

With recognize the difference - the difference, according to the researchers, the doctor can identify children who are easy to get cancer in the future.





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