Vancouver Children are tough, often better able to survive aggressive chemotherapy and other invasive treatments than adults. This accounts for some of the success, but more recently has also led to new childhood treatment protocols. Childhood cancer treatment, because it has advanced so quickly and so far, is likely to see qualitative improvements in coming years, added Morrison. You save their life, and that's wonderful. Each year, cancer kills more children than asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies and AIDS combined.
Cancer remains the big bad wolf of childhood illnesses.
No, you can't catch it. Nor is there a long list of preventive measures. Researchers basically remain nonplussed by what causes cancer in children at all. A few specific and rare types of childhood cancer are linked to genetic disorders. Irradiating women during pregnancy, through procedures such as X-rays, is considered a risk factor.