Class Year
2022
Document Type
Poster
Date of Creation
Fall 2018
Department 1
First Year Seminar
Department 2
Chemistry
Abstract
Pediatric cancers are cancers that develop in kids and adolescents ages 0-19. Pediatric cancers usually develop in three ways: through inherited gene mutations, parental exposure to toxins, and acquired gene mutations. While cancer can affect children and adults alike, treatment becomes more difficult for children due to their physical predevelopment stages. Therefore, it is important to discuss all methods of treatment when dealing with a particular pediatric cancer in order to choose the most effective method.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Walker, MaKayla M., "Pediatric Cancers: Development and Treatment Methods" (2018). Student Publications. 679.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/679
Comments
Written for FYS 155-2: Cancer in Society: A War Against Immortality and presented at the 2019 Celebration of Academic First-Year Engagement Symposium.