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Development
Children treated for cancer before age 4 progressed more slowly in vocabulary, cognitive functions such as attention and memory, and motor skills

Stats
*Children treated for cancer before age 4 progressed more slowly in vocabulary, cognitive functions such as attention and memory, and motor skills.
*However, having cancer did not appear to affect children’s social and emotional development.
*Their ability to respond to their parents was comparable to that of their peers who did not have cancer.
*Also unaffected by cancer was the ability to engage in make-believe play, such as pretending to pour and serve tea, which typically develops between 12 and 18 months of age.

Health tip
Engaging young cancer survivors in therapy through social interaction.

Health precaution tip
Provide instruction to parents on how to engage children in language

See a doctor when
Young children with cancer might benefit from such early interventions as physical or language therapy.