Childhood Cancer -Chosen cause

Neuroblastoma starts in early forms of nerve cells found in a developing embryo or fetus. About 6% of childhood cancers are neuroblastomas. This type of cancer develops in infants and young children. It is rarely found in children older than 10. The tumor can start anywhere but usually starts in the stomach where it is noticed as swelling. It can also cause bone pain and fever.

Treating neuroblastoma is complex and often requires the expertise of many different doctors, nurses, and other health professionals. The doctors on the treatment team often include:

• A pediatric cancer surgeon
• A pediatric oncologist (doctor who uses chemotherapy and other medicines to treat childhood cancers)
• A pediatric radiation oncologist (doctor who uses radiation therapy to treat cancer in children)

Many other specialists may be involved in your child’s care as well, including physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, psychologists, social workers, rehabilitation specialists, and other health professionals.

The types of treatment used for neuroblastoma can include:

• Surgery
• Chemotherapy
• Radiation therapy
• High-dose chemotherapy/radiation therapy and stem cell transplant
• Retinoid therapy
• Immunotherapy

Treatment of neuroblastoma depends on the risk group of the cancer, the child’s age, and other factors, and might include more than one type of treatment.

All of which is a horrific thing to go through, weather you're the parent or child. As a recent mother of a beautiful baby girl, I feel strongly about this type of childhood cancer. As far as I know of my baby does not have it, however I can imagine the pain it would cause our family to be told news like this. I feel that my business, Trinket, links with this cancer and age grouping, especially with the angels that I make. I feel that giving these children a handmade angel by Trinket or a complete stranger that they can keep is a beautiful metaphor, meaning that they have an angel watching over them. This goes for anything else that is handmade, a lot of thought and effort goes into them.





The American Cancer Society