Forced to learn about the eye cancer About Retinoblastoma
The incidence of cancer in children, according to Prof.Djajadiman, about 3% of the total incidence of cancer in children under the age of 15 years.
In Indonesia, the number of children suffering from cancer estimated 9000 children and retinoblastoma - tumor cells that grow on the retina of the eye - is one type of cancer in children most often encountered.
The cause of retinoblastoma in one eye (unilateral) or both eyes (bilateral) children, according to him, until now not known with certainty so that prevention becomes difficult.
"Allegedly associated with a genetic disorder. There is a genetic problem that causes cell growth control should be out of control," he said.
Nevertheless, he continued, the impact of this disease can be reduced by early detection. Retinoblastoma is found at an early stage can be cured. In fact, ninety percent of retinoblastoma cases are detected early and get proper treatment can be cured.
"And the eye can be maintained if the size of the cancer is still under 0.5 centimeters," he said and added the late detectable retinoblastoma patients the opportunity to recover less.
Furthermore, he explained, although the specific symptoms of retinoblastoma in children the disease is difficult to identify but there are common signs to be aware as a symptom of retinoblastoma.
Retinoblastoma in children, says Prof. Djajadiman, often marked with reddish eyes, inflammation of the eyes and the white spots on the black eye.
If it's bad, he said, the white spots will enlarge and then will reflect the light entering the eye like a cat's eye, crossed eyes and protruding eyeballs out.
He said, if the symptoms were found in children of parents should immediately take him to a hospital or other health facilities so that doctors can help determine whether children stricken with cancer.
And if the child is diagnosed with retinoblastoma is attacked, Prof.Djajadiman said, he had to get care and treatment in accordance with the type of cancer and stadiumnya.
"If allowed, or not properly treated, the tumor will grow and spread to the bone marrow, or into the brain. This is going to threaten the lives of the child," he said.
He explains, early-stage retinoblastoma is usually treated surgically (surgery) with or without combination with chemotherapy / radiotherapy.
When you've found in an advanced stage, with a lifting eye surgery had to be done and after the operation mounted protesa (false eye) remain concerned that look good.
Better Early Detection
Cancer early detection can save children from malignant disease often lead to death. Unfortunately, most cases of retinoblastoma was found in an advanced stage.
"The public and most health workers at primary level do not have adequate knowledge about cancer, so do not know how to recognize the signs and what to do after that.
Therefore, he continued, in order to increase public awareness, community health workers and health personnel who served in primary health care facilities, early detection campaigns, community-based integrated cancer.
"After the campaign, then made models of cancer early detection campaigns for communities to use in activities of a broader campaign," he said.
"Hopefully, this campaign can continue to do so in child cancer cases could be found and treated as early as possible so as not to be fatal," he said.
