RETURN OIN ABOUT 20 MINUTES HERE W >> EVERY DAY 43 CHILDREN ARE
DIAGNOSED WITH PEDIATRIC
CANCER. THIS IS ACCORDING TO
CANCER DOT ORG. ALTHOUGH CANCER
IN CHILDREN
IS RARE. IT IS THE LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH BY DISEASE PAST
INFANCY AMONG CHILDREN HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES. JOINING US
THIS MORNING TO TALK MORE ABOUT
PEDIATRIC CANCER. THE MANY COMMON FORMS OF IT AND RESOURCES FOR THESE PATIENTS
AND THEIR FAMILIES. HIS DOCTOR
ERIC SANDLER
CHIEF OF PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY AT
NEMOURS CHILDREN’S SPECIALTY
CARE. GOOD MORNING DOCTOR
TAYLOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME ON TODAY, YEAH WE
SO MUCH APPRECIATE YOU COMING
ON CHILDHOOD CANCER
IS RARE. BUT IT IMPACTS SO MANY
CHILDREN.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW SO IF WE PUT
IT IN THE CUP IN CONTACTS.
CHILDREN FORTUNATELY
ONLY GET IT’S ONLY ABOUT ONE
PERCENT OF ALL THE CANCERS IN
THE UNITED STATES OCCUR IN
CHILDREN. BUT THE IMPACT THAT
IT HAS ON THOSE CHILDREN’S AND
ON THEIR CAN FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES IS REALLY
QUITE STAND.
>> WITH THAT WHAT IS THE MOST
COMMON FORM OF CHILDHOOD
CANCER.
>> SO THE MOST COMMON FORMS OF
LEUKEMIA IS THE MOST
CANCER WE’VE SEEN CHILDREN AND
THEN NOT THE SECOND MOST COMMON
WOULD BE BRAIN TUMORS. CAN
CHILDHOOD CANCER. A FACT
OR IMPACT ADULT PATIENTS.
SO IN
SO IN THE TYPES OF CANCERS THEIR CHILDREN GET TEND TO BE A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THOSE
THAT WE SEE IN ADULTS
AND AGAIN THANKFULLY FOR US AND
FOR OUR CHILDREN
THEY ARE IN GENERAL MANY OF
THEM ARE SUSCEPTIBLE
TO TREATMENT. THEN THE SAME
CANCERS WHEN THE INK TURNED
ADULT OR THE ONES THAT ARE MORE
SPECIFIC TO ADULTS. I ASK
THAT BECAUSE.
>> MY FAMILY SISTER-IN-LAW AT
THE AGE OF 27, SHE WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH EMBRYONIC
SARCOMA FROM MY UNDERSTANDING
IS A FORM OF PEDIATRIC CANCER
IN
THE LIVER. AND I SHE IT
IT WAS VERY RARE THE FIGHT WAS
VERY TOUGH AND VERY LONG.
BUT SHE BEAT IT AND SO SHE’S
THRIVING TODAY 2 YEARS POST
AND SO THIS CERTAINLY HEADS
HOME AND WHY I TRY TO SHED AS
MUCH LIGHT ON CHILDHOOD CANCER.
HOW IMPACTS FAMILIES AS MUCH AS
A POSSIBLY CAN.
>> WELL CONGRATULATIONS TO HER.
AND AND YES, SO THAT SO THAT IS A VERY VERY RARE FORM OF CANCER, EVEN IN CHILDREN BUT
IS MORE COMMON IN CHILDREN
AND ADULTS. AND THAT’S ONE OF
THE REASONS WHY ALL OF
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN THE
COUNTRY TRYING TO WORK VERY
VERY
CLOSELY TOGETHER. SO WE
CAN LEARN. WHAT TREATMENTS WORK
IN HOW THE BETTER TAKE CARE OF
THE PATIENTS AND AND
THAT’S BEEN VERY VERY IMPORTANT
AND RESULTED SO MARKEDLY
IMPROVED OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN
ARE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> WE INTRODUCED OUR
AUDIENCE TOO. A LITTLE FELLOW
BY THE NAME OF LEE AND MICKLEY
HE’S
CURRENTLY BATTLING THE DUAL A
MONTH AND SO HAVING MANY
CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS FAMILY
AND HIS MOM. WE WANT TO SHED
LIGHT ON
CHILDHOOD CANCER PEOPLE
WATCHING TODAY HOW CAN THEY GET
INVOLVED IN HELPING THESE FOLKS
THESE THESE PATIENTS AND ALSO
THEIR FAMILIES.
>> YOU WE SAY OFTEN REALLY DOES
TAKE A VILLAGE TO TAKE CARE OF
A CHILD
WITH CANCER. AND THE IMPACTS SO
MANY ASPECTS OF OUR
COMMUNITY SO YOU KNOW NOT ONLY
IS THE CHILD IMPACTED THE
FAMILIES IMPACTED.
PEERS ARE ARE IMPACTED AND TEACHERS IN. IT JUST GOES ON AND ON THE STAFF TAKING CARE OF
THEM. WE ARE SO BLESSED.
IN JACKSONVILLE AREA TO HAVE A
NUMBER OF.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO
REALLY COME IN.
AND AND HELP IN MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS AND I YOU KNOW
HAVING CHILDREN’S SPECIALTY
CARE AND WILSON CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL IN OUR COMMUNITY.
FOR THOSE YOU DON’T
KNOW I WE ARE REALLY RIGHT VERY
HIGHLY AMONG CHILDREN’S
HOSPITALS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND SO I THINK OUR COMMUNITY IS
BLESSED TO HAVE THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS. SO. THERE ARE SO
MANY THINGS THAT THAT. PEOPLE
CAN DO THEY
KEEP UP AND CONTRIBUTE WHAT’S
GOING ON IN THOSE INSTITUTIONS.
THERE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
THAT REALLY DO TREMENDOUS WORK
IN HELPING THESE FAMILIES JUST
GET THROUGH THE DAY
AND THEN THE RESEARCH THAT’S
BEING DONE. THAT HAS RESULTED
IN CHILDHOOD CANCER CURE RATES
GOING FROM.
YOU 30 PRE 20 TO
30% JUST 30 YEARS AGO TO NOW
ALMOST 80% OF ALL CHILDREN WERE
DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER HERE.
WOW
THAT’S INCREDIBLE.