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  17th Annual Scientific Meeting 2012: Seminar On Paediatric Haematology
Date: 10 - 11 May 2012
Venue: Kuala Lumpur
Theme It's time to fight childhood cancer together
  Liver Cancer in Children
Liver cancer is very rare in children. "There are only 100 to 150 new cases of liver cancer in children every year," notes pediatric cancer specialist Howard M. Katzenstein, MD, medical director of clinical research for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and associate professor of pediatrics at Emory University." Out of every 100,000 children under the age of 14, only about 2 to 3 will have some type of liver
  Hair Loss in Children With Cancer
For many children with cancer, hair loss can be important and traumatic -- yet for others, especially very young children, it can be relatively unimportant. For teenagers with cancer, hair loss can be devastating, and you will need to do everything you can to help your teen find a satisfactory way to cope with this problem. our child will need to know if hair loss is likely to occur because of his or her
  Children Find Ways To Cope With Cancer
More than 12,000 children under the age of 20 are diagnosed with cancer each year. Although these children and their parents undergo a tremendous amount of stress during this time, researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital found that most children are able to cope with their diagnosis without experiencing high levels of depression or anxiety. In a study published this year in the Journal of
 
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