Clinical, epidemiological and biological differences between cancer in children and in adults

• Autor(a) principal: Petrilli, Antonio Sérgio
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Carneiro Jr., José Leite, Cypriano, Monica, Angel, Andréa, Toledo, Silvia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/2853
• topic: Câncer na Infância; Neoplasia; Mortalidade Infantil; Childhood Cancer; Neoplastic Disease; Childhood Mortality

In the United States and in other economically developed nations, cancer is nowadays the most common cause of disease-related mortality for the age group 1 to 21 years. In Brazil it is the third major cause of disease-related mortality for the age - group 1 to 14 years. In São Paulo cancer is the main cause of death, excluding accidents, for the age-group 5 to 14 years. The purpose of this paper is to inform the medical community, mainly pediatricians, about childhood cancer and djfferences between childhood cancer and adult neoplasms, which are more frequente and better known. Due to modern multidisciplinar management, childhood cancer can reach cure rates of 60%-70%, therefore the importance of its early diagnosis. That’s why pediatricians must be motivated and informed about the signs and symptoms of neoplasms in children, as there is no screening methods for childhood cancer that may be so useful and efficient as there is for adult cancer control.