Malignancy of cancer can strike anyone, including children. As a result, the future is threatened not as smooth as hope.

Cancer ranks second as cause of child deaths aged 1-14 years. Barbara Bush, former First Lady of America, have lost a very young daughter, Robin, caused by malignant blood cancer or leukemia. Similarly, two international legendary football player Franz Beckenbauer and Gary Lineker, should be "losing" their voice due to cancer associated with childhood.

Cancer can occur in childhood, or the causes that have occurred since childhood and continues to accumulate that lead to cancer after an adult or elderly. A cancer needs a long time to develop. From the beginning there was not anything until it becomes cancer. From a young person until was no longer young.

Cancer that occurs in childhood naturally separate impact on the child, as well as his family. The future is not as smooth as the child is in danger of hope.

Just like other types of cancers, cancer in children remains potentially curable if found at an early stage. Unfortunately, the exact cause of cancer in children is unclear.

Children cancer is believed to occur due to interaction of various factors (multi factorial). For example, from the environment such as the rays of radioactive, nonradioactive, parental occupation, socioeconomic level, and infection.

Experts point the existence of a defect or defects in the cell. Babies in the womb have occurred since a genetic defect, then due to pass an environmental impact beyond the control of growth is called cancer. They suspect this as a change that occurred outside the ability of the mother who was pregnant with his baby.

Cancer in children has many types. The most common is acute leukemia, brain tumors, retinoblastoma, lymphoma, neuroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, and osteosarkoma. So far, cases of cancer in children is 2-3 percent of all cancers, with mortality rates around 10 percent.

In acute leukemia, white blood cells are released from bone marrow into the bloodstream before their time. White blood cells are then grown rapidly and become excessive.

The symptoms that looked like pale accompanied by lethargy and weakness, fever is not clear why, with signs of abnormal bleeding blue and blue-or red spots on skin, bone pain, swollen lymph glands, swollen abdomen feels hard when palpable.

Treatment strategy against leukemia include surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and bone marrow transplantation. Treatment success rate depends on the stage of cancer, type of cancer, histopathologic, treatment adherence, as well as supporting treatment. Leukemia treatment requires a process. However, leukemia can be cured, and long-term effects are also spelled out the minimum.