Childhood tumor

Chemotherapy drugs kill cancer cells, control their growth, or alleviate disease-related symptoms in the treatment of childhood lymphoma. Chemotherapy may involve a single drug or a combination of two or more drugs, depending on the type of cancer and how it rapidly grows. The lymphatic system carries fluid throughout the body, making it easy for lymphoma to spread. Chemotherapy can also easily spread throughout the body. This makes it the most common treatment for lymphoma. Immunotherapy: The immune system discovers and protects the body from infections and diseases. Cancer is a complex disease that can evade and outsmart the immune system. Immunotherapy enhances the immune system's ability to eliminate cancer. The following immunotherapy is used to treat childhood lymphoma: monoclonal antibodies: they attach to specific proteins on the surface of cancer cells or immune cells. They either label cancer as a target of the immune system or enhance the ability of immune cells to fight cancer. Immunocheckpoint inhibitors: Immunocheckpoint inhibitors can prevent the immune system from shutting down until cancer is completely eliminated. Stem cell transplantation (also known as bone marrow transplantation) is a process of replacing cancerous bone marrow with new, healthy bone marrow stem cells. For pediatric lymphoma, healthy stem cells can come from donors or patients. Patients usually undergo a round of intense chemotherapy after receiving stem cell transplantation, which kills the patient's existing bone marrow cells. Patients usually have to be hospitalized for 3 to 4 weeks after transplantation. Radiation therapy uses powerful, focused energy beams to kill cancer cells. There are several different radiation therapy techniques. Doctors can use these to accurately locate tumors while minimizing damage to healthy tissues. Doctors sometimes use radiation therapy in conjunction with chemotherapy to treat large areas or minimize discomfort caused by cancerous lymph nodes affecting nearby organs or structures. It can also be used to treat tumors formed in the central nervous system. Children with lymphoma undergoing surgery may undergo surgery when the tumor causes serious and immediate problems, such as intestinal obstruction, severe pain caused by nerve and organ compression, or difficulty breathing. In rare cases, it can be used to help cure diseases.