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	Children with Cancer

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2-11-2008 1:14 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c1e7da12-d42e-4d19-a46a-e6066d4edf7f/56A63816-3955-4C18-B2E9-37733FEE51C3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cancer.sc/content,childhood-cancers/" href="http://www.cancer.sc/content,childhood-cancers/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cancer.sc</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cancer.sc/content,childhood-cancers/"><P>For every million children , 150 will be diagnosed with cancer. Children are prone to Leukemia, central nervous system cancers and neuroblastoma.  Teratoma is the most common type of tumor for children under 20.  Survival rates for children with Cancer differ depending on the type of cancer.  12% of all childhood deaths in South Carolina are due to cancer.  The earlier cancer is diagnosed in children the higher their chances of survival.  If your child experiences frequent fever, swollen glands, frequent infections, anemia, or frequent bruises, you doctor may suspect cancer.  Childhood cancers are often treated with chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery.  Children with Leukemia or Lymphoma often require bone marrow transplants.  For more information on childhood cancer see the National Cancer Institute’s Book<A href="http://www.cancer.sc/workspaces/www/templates/domains/cancer.sc/images/PDFs/young_people(9-01).pdf"> <I>Young People with Cancer: A Handbook For Parents</I></A>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/56A63816-3955-4C18-B2E9-37733FEE51C3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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