Analysis Of The FHACI, The Haitian Anti Cancer Infantile Foundation

‘“Cancer is like a home invasion, once it has invaded your life you will never feel safe again”’ (Adal yn's... 6). Cancer wipes out what a family knew before cancer; it wipes out their version of normal and replaces it with something that can not be controlled. When childhood cancer takes a hold of the family and never lets go. While going through cancer, it is important that a family sticks together and builds each other up through this difficult time. Childhood cancer affects everyone it comes in contact with, but it mainly affects the family, including the child suffering from cancer, as well as the parents or caregiver and siblings.

When it comes to cancer, so much of the world’s knowledge is based on statistics. For example, each day forty-six children, or more than two full classrooms of kids, are diagnosed with cancer and one out of every three hundred thirty people will develop cancer before the age of twenty. The simplest and most important of these statistics is this, “Cancer is the number one cause of death by disease in children.” Pediatric cancer takes the lives of more people than the number of children who die from asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis and pediatric AIDS combined! About one thousand three hundred and eighty children are expected to die from cancer this year alone. Although the cure rate of children with cancer is steadily increasing for most childhood cancers over the past five years, the number of children who will die is overwhelming and unacceptable.

Specific Purpose: To convince the audience that childhood cancer is more common than believed, and that action should be taken to increase awareness and funding for research.

According to the American Cancer Society, there are sixteen major types of childhood cancers and over 100 subtypes. Leukemia and Lymphoma cancer are the most common cancers that children get at a young age. Everyday forty-six kids are diagnose with childhood cancer and seven children die every day. Childhood cancer kills more kids than Cystic Fibrosis, AIDS, and asthma combined! The worst part about childhood cancer is that the treatment side affects can last a lifetime for these kids. People do not understand that childhood cancer only gets a small percentage of the budget for all cancers. National Cancer Institute budget is around $4.9 billion and only 4% of that sum goes towards childhood cancer.

Alissa Huston views the cancer journey as a marathon. Going through medical tests, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation is a long process, and she is there every step of the way to help her patients reach the finish line. Dr. Huston considers the doctor-patient relationship to be a partnership, and her patients praise her for her compassionate approach to them and their families. Her warm demeanor provides hope and communicates total support as she empowers those in her care to make informed decisions regarding their care. She, in turn, feels blessed to be part of their lives. According to her patients, Dr. Huston provides the best balance of cutting edge science with compassion and kindness.

“Lets not call cancer patients as patients, they are cancer fighters. They are brave hearts” - Vikrmn, Gura. Nowadays, you hear more and more people getting cancer(13). It is a stress that many people worry about. You worry if one of your parents will get it. You pray your children don't’ get it. It’s a constant worry. You watch television and you can get this horrible monster from microwaving your food, drinking bottled water, carrying your phone in your pocket, using deodorant, coloring your hair and much more. Finding a cure for cancer would be a prayer answered for many.

Through the study, I have found out that there is minimum research in pediatric cancer and many parents from poor families find it difficult to pay for medical fee. In addition, funding for research will be effective in curbing the effects of cancer in children even as they transit to adulthood.

1. Chemotherapy is frequently used for childhood cancer because what it does is it stops the cancer cells from growing either by stopping the division of the cells or by killing them. (Bernard, Samantha C. et al., 2017)

Every year thousands of children, in the United States alone, are diagnosed with some form of cancer and more cases are occurring each year. When thinking about cancer we often associate it with adult cancers. Throughout the year there are certain days and months dedicated to supporting awareness of specific types of cancers that mainly occur in adults. Although there is some focus on childhood cancer, it does not get as much attention as with adult cancer, because of this there is also less focus on funding childhood cancer research. With a rise of pediatric cancer diagnoses, researchers should take advantage of the modern day technology available and focus some of the attention away from adult cancers and begin to put efforts into finding

The analysis of data proved the hypothesis in that children with these two types of very serious childhood cancers are very costly to the families. The results also showed that length of stay, and higher overall cost was noted with the children who died. The research does not identify if these children had additional life saving interventions or if they were specifically involved with hospice or palliative care. The research also identified differences with admission into the PICU; a patient with leukemia admitted to the PICU indicated a seriously sick child. But an admission into the PICU for a child with a CNS tumor typically indicated an operable

A cancer diagnosis today is devastating- depending on the kind of cancer and stage, it could be killer. Unfortunately, 60 years ago humans did not have the same technology and medicine available to combat this awful disease as we do today. Most people can argue though that some of the worst cases of cancer happen to children, primarily leukemia. Emil “Jay” Freireich changed the entire medical industry with his treatment to leukemia as a doctor in the 1950s. Acute leukemia from 1950-1959 had a 5 year survival rate of 1%. One of the main reasons these children would die so fast was because they were bleeding from nearly ever orifice. Freireich was convinced the reason the children were bleeding was because of the lack

Leading scholars in the field of cancer and oncology from several countries will assemble on Saturday, April, 8th at Hebron University Strategic Studies Building to present and share their knowledge of the latest developments and innovations in cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment. The conference aims to inform health professionals of the recent advancements in the field of oncology to improve the quality of services they provide to Palestinians.

According to the largest cancer study ever, cancer is actually the leading cause of death in third world nations. It kills more people every year than malaria, HIV and tuberculosis combined. Low- and middle-income countries tend to lag behind in cancer care because this type of treatment is highly expensive to carry out. In nations like Uganda, there may be just one or two doctors trained to

Raising awareness is a step in the right direction to escalating advocacy and support for childhood cancer research (acco.org 1). One nationwide project that brings in the most financial aid for visitors and patients is St. Jude’s Children's Research Hospital (StJude.org 1). The mission of St. Jude is "to advance cures and the means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment" (StJude.org 1). That being said, the support "helps ensure that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will continue its lifesaving mission of finding cures and saving children” (StJudes.org 1). Few people realize the dire situation patients and families are in when they are deciding to not

To date, no quantifiable work has been done due to lack of funds. Hence, the negligence will manifest in the high socioeconomic burden on our country. Through the systematic and equitable implementation of evidence-based strategies for prevention, early detection, treatment, and palliation, making the best use of available resources Last stage diagnosis and negligible palliative care has aggravated the morbidity. It is need of the hour to locate and monitor cancer case histories. The cases reported in twin cities will be monitored and case with a family history will recommend screening of other family members. Early detection of cancers of accessible sites could be warranted for oral, cervical and breast cancer. Drugs, chemotherapies and radiotherapies suggested are not always rendered successful. Therefore, molecular analysis of neoplasms will be done to subcategorize the tumors and malignancies on the basis of underlying mutations. To become tumor, a normal cell must attain following characteristics: