Childhood Cancer Survivors: Scientists Find Alarming Life-Long Effects of Childhood CancerSurviving childhood cancer has the price of later-in life health problems, say researchers. In sharp contrast to the success of treating many children's tumors, the long term effects of the treatments are alarming, showing the need for extra, natural protection using anti cancer nutrition. • Thirty years after diagnosis, 40 per cent of survivors have a serious health problem. • One third of these survivors have multiple problems including stroke, heart disease and kidney failure, according to the largest study ever done on early cancer survivors who have entered adulthood. • The most common late effect among childhood cancer survivors is complications in hormone levels and metabolic changes that result in delayed puberty and infertility. Some have developmental problems that affect their education, and drugs can cause damage to the internal organs such as the heart, lungs and stomach. The risk of more cancer is also quite high among survivors. Kids who survive cancer need extra protection of anti cancer nutrition and supplements, not only during treatment, but throughout their teenage years into adulthood. Long-Term Damage of Chemo and Radiation“It is now clear that damage to the organ systems of children caused by chemotherapy and radiation therapy may not become clinically evident for many years,” according to a research team led by Kevin Oeffinger of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.Doctors have long known that cancer treatments can spark new tumors later in life. But they are now saying that survivors of early cancer are often sickly as adults. Their problems run the whole gamut of affected organ systems, according to the largest study ever done on 10,000 cancer survivors who have entered adulthood. (Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, the New England Journal of Medicine) Cancer survivors were eight times more likely than their siblings to have severe or life-threatening chronic health conditions. And some early cancers are more dangerous than others, in that survivors of bone tumors, nerve and brain cancer and Hodgkin’s disease, a cancer of the immune system, faced the highest risk. The source of the health problems is varied. Kidney failure, for example, may come from damage caused directly by chemotherapy or radiation, or from the multiple infections of early cancer when treatments hamper the immune system, said Dr. Oeffinger. Drugs used to treat those infections may also play a role, and parents are advised to stress simple cancer nutrition as protection during and after treatment. Protecting Against Life-long DamageAlthough the big picture for young cancer survivors is very sobering, some things have changed for the better:• Treatments have evolved and become more intense for those diagnosed with cancer after the study was initiated, so that the next generation of survivors may have a different array of long-term complications. Doctors have also become more sensitive to the danger of late-in-life side effects. • Knowledge about the body’s immune and detoxification system has vastly increased since the young people in that study were diagnosed, so that simple cancer nutrition can be used for re-building the immune system and organs of children who have undergone cancer treatments. • Ensuring healthy eating habits for teens is tough at the best of times, but fortunately, among the top simple cancer nutrition stars are: • blueberries • cranberries • strawberries – all berries and bright colored fruits and vegetables. Developing a love of fruits and vegetables would not be an option but a necessity, and parents are advised to teach what’s best for simple cancer nutrition. • New Scientific Bombshell: Vitamin D Prevents Cancer • Best Simple Cancer Nutrition in Childhood and Beyond Child Safe Supplements for Long-Term Insurance• Because it is hard to get kids and teens eat only healthy foods, especially enough vegetables, it may be wise to give them a daily supplement clinically proven to re-build and maintain the immune. This will ensure best protection against long-term complications as well as help with recovery.• For instance, the parents of a 12 year old boy with Astrocytoma decided add a anti-tumor nutraceutical protein to his diet. He had had a tumor removed previously, but it was growing back, and they were worried. By the time he was operated on again at Stanford University hospital, what had been a grade 3 hard tumor had changed back to a low grade 1 mush and the surgeon was able to suck it out to remove it. The tumor had also decreased in potency. Three hours after the surgery, the boy was sitting up talking and laughing with his dad, and his family was very happy to have found a safe, simple anti-tumor supplement. About Anti-Tumor Nutraceutical Safe for Kids:You may ASK US about safe, proven anti tumor protein supplements for kids:• Beating Cancer: The the Good and the Bad about Treatments • Protecting with Foods that Fight Cancer Natural Health Discoveries: Why Childhood Cancer Survivors Need Nutrition ProtectionGo to Health Discoveries HOME PAGE from Childhood Cancer |