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Was Sian a girl or a boy? |
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Sian was a little girl. Her name is Welsh
Gaelic. |
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How do you pronounce "Sian"? |
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It is pronounced "Shahn", with a long
'ah' sound in the middle. |
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How old was Sian when the cancer appeared? |
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She was 5 months old when her mother found a
lump on her foot. It was the first sign that something
was wrong. |
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What kind of cancer was it? |
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It is called "primitive neuroectodermal
tumour". It is a rare form of cancer, which is
usually associated with tumours of the brain. The
doctors thought it started near her pancreas and spread
through her bloodstream. |
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How do babies get cancer? |
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There is no easy answer to this question, and no
one really knows for sure how a baby can get cancer ...
especially when both parents are healthy. The doctors
and geneticists think that there is a
"predisposition" (better than average likelihood of
developing) towards cancer if there is a history of cancer in
the family. |
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