Risks and Causes of Pediatric Cancer
Cancer is not infectious. You can’t catch it from another person and your child can’t pass it on to their siblings or other children in their school. It is unlikely for 2 children in one family to get diagnosed with childhood cancer. Risk factors for Pediatric cancers are not well understood. This is because this group of cancers are rare and there are lots of different types. This makes them difficult for researchers to study. There are some known risk factors that can increase the risk of Pediatric Cancer . The list below gives some examples. It is important to note that most children with cancer aren’t affected by any of them. And many children who are affected by these risk factors won't go on to develop cancer. Known Risk Factors These include: medical conditions problems with development in the womb exposure to infections exposure to radiation previous cancer treatments Medical Conditions Certain conditions can increase a child'...