Despite the progress of research, cancer affects around 2,200 children each year (from 0 to 17 years) and is responsible for nearly 500 deaths, the leading cause of death from disease in children over one year of age. This frightening disease is even scarier when it affects children. We are now able to cure 80% of these cancers, with more and more suitable treatments, but there is still more to be done. However, to combat pediatric cancers, prevention is essential, as are the means dedicated to research.
” Golden September inspired by the “Gold in September” born in the United States in 2012, it tries to highlight the specificity of childhood and adolescent cancers in order to raise awareness and raise money for Advanced Search.
Geraldine Mayr and the Dr. Jimmy Mohamed receive the Dr. Dominique Valteau-Couanet, oncopediatrist at the Gustave-Roussy Institute of Villejuif in Val-de-Marne, which is both a treatment and research center. She presents the cancers that affect children most, the treatments they receive and the hopes placed on research. She tells us too the daily life of these children and their parentsbetween joy, worry and pain.
Medical news and questions from listeners
Dr. Jimmy Mohamed speaks today of the vaccination against covid-19the side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in children and adolescents on their fertility and the fact that Kylian Mbappé opposes his image being associated with the promotion of products that are harmful to health.
He answers Roger, who lives near Avignon, who wonders if drink a lot of teamore than four cups a day, poses a risk to your health, and to Luc, 68, who lives in Montluçon and is concerned about lose weight with age.
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