When childhood cancer runs in the family, it’s not just a challenge to address the disease. Parents also face the moment of explaining to the child that he has a disease and all the stages that he is going to go through. The story “Teo discovers cancer” can help on the International Day of Children with Cancer.
Image of the story “Teo discovers Cancer”. Photo courtesy Bayer
This children’s story is part of an initiative developed by the Bayer company in collaboration with family associations and experts from reference centers and covers the different stages that a child cancer patient experiences, from the moment of diagnosis.
Every year there are 15 new cases of cancer per 100,000 inhabitants in children under 14 years of age, with a five-year survival rate of 81%.
“Teo discovers cancer” is a children’s story illustrated by Violeta Denou that goes through the different stages that a child patient experiences from the moment of diagnosis and uses easy language accessible to children.
The stories of TEO emerged in 1977 and have accompanied generations in their educational process and whose edition is carried out by Planeta.
Participating in this initiative are the family associations AFANOC (Association of Relatives and Friends of Oncological Children of Catalonia) and PYFANO (Association of Parents, Relatives and Friends of Oncological Children of Castilla y León).
Experts from reference centers such as the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona (KIDS Barcelona group), and the Spanish Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (SEHOP) have also collaborated.
For Irene Costa of the AFANOC association, this book “is an example of the work we carry out in the association, to talk about the reality of cancer in a natural way, without taboos, without forbidden words, and allowing emotions and sensations to surface, which is It’s important that they come to light.”
Oncologist Raquel Hladun, from the Vall d’Hebron Hospital of Barcelona, points out: “Childhood cancer is still a rare disease, but thanks to research, survival rates have been achieved that are really favorable”.
According to the doctor, “having materials that deal with the subject with such affection and tenderness, with which we can explain to affected children what their daily life is going to be like from now on, is something necessary.”
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