Early Diagnosis: Give Cure a Chance

Children's Cancer Institute brings together pediatric oncologists at International Meeting

The Children's Cancer Institute (ICI) brought together some 70 researchers from different parts of Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay for the "IV Latin American Protocol of the Scientific Committee Scientific Meeting of Ewing's sarcoma" and "Third Meeting of the Scientific Committee Biological Material ". Held in Porto Alegre on May 13, the scientific event was the largest in Latin America that addresses advances in sarcoma treatment of Ewing - tumor that affects bone and cartilage and usually manifests in children and young adults - and had the participation of representatives of 24 institutions that are conducting the clinical protocol.

For the President of ICI and principal investigator of the Latin American protocol, Dr. Algemir Brunetto, the meeting provided an opportunity for researchers to discuss their realities, and make an action plan to increase cure rates. "We are here at the Children's Cancer Institute very happy with this opportunity to bring these international experts and we can make even greater advances in treatment, more specifically in this time of Ewing's sarcoma, which is a common cancer in bones, in children, as in adolescents and young adults. Thus, working in collaboration with other centers, which has advanced greatly in the last 30 years the chance of cure patients, "he said.

President of the Brazilian Society of Pediatric Oncology (SOBOPE), Dra. Teresa Cristina Cardoso Fonseca also stressed the importance of the meeting. "This is a very important event, the level of Brazil, the level of Latin America and even the world. The fact that they are here gathered several experts with different experiences and learnings, makes us better know the situation of Ewing's tumor in our region and can thus through research, identify which are the most serious cases, which cases should be a differentiated treatment, which molecular changes, and all this will be reflected in the survival of children in our country and Latin America, "he said. In programming consists of lectures and presentations, we were approached discussion clinical cases, updating the electronic portal and discussion molecular studies.

Invited by Brasilprev Insurance and Pension S.A, children and adolescents assisted by Children´s Cancer Institute were given the opportunity to watch the Disney on Ice Show. Patients from Clinical hospital, São Lucas da Puc Hospital and Conceição Hospital Group participated in this outing event.

The Ice skating show brought well known characters of the Disney World Stories, it was a full magical performance with lots of excitement that enthralled all those who were present.

According to Monica Gottardi ICI`s pedagogical teacher, actions like these make all the difference to patients and their mother´s whom devote full time in a daily basis to their children putting aside their own life.

In addition to recreation, computers knowledge and teaching, outings like these that have happened recently, help the ICI to provide various actions and opportunities for patient’s mother. The name of this project is: “Caregiver´s Care” aiming the wellbeing of the mother who cares for her child. This is a very important factor in the cancer treatment of the ICI´s patients, happiness helps to cure.