September is childhood cancer, gynecologic cancer, and Hodgkin lymphoma awareness month.
Be sure to subscribe to the Focus On Cancer blog and like the Abramson Cancer Center Facebook page for more information on childhood, gynecologic, and Hodgkin lymphoma cancers throughout the entire month.
Be sure to subscribe to the Focus On Cancer blog and like the Abramson Cancer Center Facebook page for more information on childhood, gynecologic, and Hodgkin lymphoma cancers throughout the entire month.
At a Glance: Childhood Cancer
- Although survival rates have improved over the last 30 years by more than 50 percent, cancer is still the second leading cause of death in children.
- In 2013, an estimated 10,000 children will be diagnosed with cancer; 1,500 will die from their disease.
- The two most common childhood cancers are leukemia and brain/central nervous system tumors.
- The National Cancer Institute has ongoing, major studies to research the most effective treatments for childhood cancer on on-going
At a Glance: Gynecologic Cancer
- Gynecological cancers include cervical, endometrial, uterine, fallopian tube, ovarian, vaginal, and vulvar cancer, gestational trophoblastic disease and choriocarcinoma.
- Two of the four major types of HPV virus cause 70% of cervical cancer cases.
- Endometrial cancer is the most common form of gynecologic cancers, causing up to 6 percent of all cancers in women.
- Women with ovarian cancers rarely show symptoms until the cancers are advanced, making ith the 5th most common cause of cancer death in women.
At a Glance: Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma affects the lymph nodes and lymphatic tissue.
- While there’s no known connection between Hodgkin lymphoma and toxins, chemicals, or environmental agents, HIV-infected patients generally have a more aggressive, advance form of the lymphoma.
- Hodgkin lymphoma makes up 6 percent of all childhood cancers, but is extremely rare in children under the age of 5.
