{"id":22884,"date":"2024-09-10T20:01:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T20:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22884"},"modified":"2024-09-10T20:01:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T20:01:18","slug":"childhood-cancer-awareness-month-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/childhood-cancer-awareness-month-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Fabiana McKlmon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, aiming to highlight the specific cancer subtypes that affect children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Sherelyn Stanton, a consultant in the Paediatric Medicine Department at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), shared insights on the challenges children with cancer face during an appearance on the Health Matters program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Stanton explained that while childhood cancer is relatively rare, it significantly impacts both the physical and emotional well-being of young patients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children undergoing treatment often experience feelings of anxiety, depression, and isolation, emotions that persist even after treatment ends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Families and caregivers are also deeply affected by the emotional toll of the illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Stanton emphasized the importance of community support, urging friends, neighbors, and relatives to offer assistance to families dealing with childhood cancer, even if they are reluctant to ask for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of early detection, Dr. Stanton highlighted that symptoms of childhood cancer can sometimes resemble common illnesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She encouraged parents to seek medical consultation if their child is frequently sick or not responding to treatment as expected, noting the possibility of cancer as a rare but serious cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Health continues to expand its medical services to ensure children diagnosed with cancer receive timely and quality care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fabiana McKlmon September marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, aiming to highlight the specific cancer subtypes that affect children. Dr. Sherelyn Stanton, a consultant in the Paediatric Medicine Department at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22885,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22884\/revisions\/22885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}