CARE OF PEDIATRIC

CLIENTS WITH
CELLULAR ABERRATION
PREPARED BY:
MARIA FE L. TABUJARA, RN. MAN
• New cases and deaths: An estimated 11,050 new cancer cases will be
diagnosed among children ages 0 to 14 years in the US in 2020, and an
estimated 1,190 children will die of the disease.
• Second-leading cause of death among children ages 1-14 years after
accidents.

American Cancer Society

Cancer Facts and Figures 2020

• In high-income countries, where comprehensive services are generally
accessible, more than 80% of children with cancer are cured. In low- and
middle-income countries (LMICs), an estimated 15-45% are cured.
• Avoidable deaths from childhood cancers in LMICs result from lack of
diagnosis, misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis, obstacles to accessing care,
abandonment of treatment, death from toxicity, and higher rates of
relapse.
COURSE OUTLINE

• Basic physiology of Cells

• Cell Cycle
• Characteristics of Normal Cells

• Comparison of Normal Cells and Cancer Cells

• Risk factors
• Pathophysiology of Cancer
• Carcinogenesis
COURSE OUTLINE

• ASSESSMENT
• Warning signs of Cancers
• Grading
• Staging
• Diagnostic Examinations

• NURSING DIANOSIS IN CANCER

• PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
• Medical Management
• Surgical Management
• Chemotherapy
• Radiation Therapy
• Other Treatments
• Nursing Management
• Cancer – is a collective
term describing a large
group of diseases
characterized by
uncontrolled growth and
spread of abnormal cells.
EPIDEMIOLOGY

• Cancer is the leading cause of death to

children younger than 15 years old
American Cancer Society
Cancer Facts and figures 2020
I. BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A NORMAL CELLS

Predictable Cell Life Cycle

• Go Phase – Resting Phase
• G1 Phase – RNA and Protein
Synthesis
• S Phase – DNA Synthesis
• G2 Phase –
• M Phase – Mitosis
CELL CYCLE
• Differentiation – The process
of development where cells
become more specialized or
committed to a more
particular cell line as they
mature.
• Contact Inhibition – The restraint in cell
growth and division which normally follows
contact between tissue cells.
• Contact Inhibition –
The restraint in cell
growth and division
which normally
follows contact
between tissue cells.
• Growth Rate is equal to death rate
• Specialized functions in the body
CHARACTERISTICS
OF A CANCER CELL
Vary in size shape and appearance
NO CONTACT
INHIBITION
UNCONTROLLED
GROWTH
• Ability to grow and
survive even in
adverse condition
• Serves no function
• Metastasize