Muscle Cancer, Prone Attack Children

Cancer does not just affect adults , children can be affected . One of the most frequent cancer is a cancer attacking their muscles .

With a loud voice , Sonia Rahayu singing fun Laskar Pelangi . The 11 -year -old boy looks so excited . Behind cheerfulness , Sonia harbored pain in his body .

Two years ago , doctors pronounced the boy from Pandeglang , West Java , the cancer of the muscle . Perhaps few people know about muscle cancer . Because this cancer is not so often befall .

It is also said to be the Chairman of Education & Extension III Indonesian Cancer Foundation Dr Sumarjati Arjoso , SKM . " Muscle cancer incidence rate in Indonesia is 5 to 9 % of all cancers in children are there , " he said .

Muscle cancer in medical terms is called rabdomyosarkoma . This cancer can affect muscles anywhere. In children are usually in the head , neck , bladder , prostate , and vagina .

" Cancer is a disease of the muscle of malignant tumor that attacks the muscles called rhabdomyosarkoma , " said surgeon Dr. Dharmais Hospital oncology . Denni Joko Purwanto Sp.B ( K ) Onk .

Symptoms of this disease are started differently, depending on its location . In the eye socket , can cause protruding eyes , a lump in the eye .

In the ear causing pain or bleeding from the ear hole . In the urinary tract causing urinary problems . If the limb striated muscle , causing swelling . " Clinical symptoms depend on the location of the cancer grows , " said a doctor who also practices at Omni Hospital Alam Sutera , Tangerang .

Denni said the main complaint that often arises is that generally painless lump , and if it is of course related to the complaint further emphasis on the surrounding tissue . " All ages can develop this disease , " said the doctor graduated from the University of Indonesia .

However , rhabdomyosarkoma is a type of soft tissue sarcoma that is often found in children ( SJLA ) is approximately 60 % on SJLA under 5 years and approximately 23 % in children 15-20 years old , and found to be slightly higher in boys . Former Head of the Division of Hematology Faculty of medicine / RSCM Prof. Billy Djajadiman SpA ( K ) , also said the same thing .

He said , this is indeed a lot of muscle cancer attacking toddler age . Although not known for certain , maybe it was due to the increased activity of a toddler so no interference with the muscles .

" Maybe because it basically has no muscle cancer , coupled with increased activity , then popped the childhood muscle cancer , " said the doctor was born in Jakarta , August 11, 1944 this .

Similarly, at the time of adolescence . Muscle cancer is also a lot going on . Djajadiman said , why toddlers and young age because during rapid bone growth that are also predicted the existence of too rapid muscle development . Just like other cancer-causing , Dr. Denni explained , according to epidemiological data , muscle cancer is also not known for certain causes.

" Cancer is a chronic disease that can be controlled with good treatment . Primary modality is surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy , " said Dr. Denni who practices at the Hospital Karya Bakti , Bogor . Surgery is the main treatment modality .

Surgery in children and the elderly were the same technique. If the cancer attacks the limbs, must be the act of sparring limb salvage operation which is the function Organ . Fortunately, the medical world is so aggressively looking for ways to treat this disease . Such as the discovery of new diagnostic tools such as CT Scanning , MRI and even PET Scanning much help in terms of diagnostic histopathology diagnostic role also .

Further Dr. Denni said , engineering advancement surgery chemotherapy , radiotherapy too much progress . In fact , progress is now being developed biomolecular targeting therapy .

" Cancer can certainly experience a recurrence or distant metastasis . Therefore , the control routine is one of the efforts to prevent it , " he said .

Because the exact cause of this disease is unknown , the things to avoid this disease , prevention should be done is to eliminate risk factors .

" Avoid chemicals , healthy lifestyle and balanced is key to avoid this disease , " message physician who has conducted research on Biomolecular & Cancer Research , Tokyo Medical Dental University , Japan , in 2008

Sources : Okezone.com