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Facts:  BRAIN TUMORS IN CHILDREN – effects all of us!

• More than 28,000 children (0-19 years of age) are estimated to be living with a brain tumor in the US
• An estimated 4,610 new cases of childhood and adolescent (15-19 years of age) primary malignant and nonmalignant brain and CNS tumors are expected to be diagnosed in 2018
• Brain and CNS tumors are the most prevalent form of pediatric cancer in kids under 19
• Pediatric brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related death among children and adolescents ages 0-19, surpassing leukemia.
• Between 1998 and 2014, there were 78 investigational brain tumor drugs that entered the clinical trial evaluation process. 75 failed. That is a 25:1 failure ratio in developing new brain tumor treatments over the past two decades.
• Brain tumors have the highest per-patient initial cost of care for any cancer group, with an annualized mean net costs of care in 2010 US dollars at well over $100,000.

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Q) If Cincinnati Children’s Hospital was part of a “North Star Goal” group of organizations how could it share (with other institutions) generic medical problems, such as fighting super-bugs in a hospital setting, without legal repercussions? Or if you prefer – how do they educate themselves (internally) and the community (their local and national peers) for the benefit of all without the fear of litigation? (answer either one)

Answer 1

In my opinion, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital can educate themselves (internally) and the community (their local and national peers) about generic medical problems, such as fighting super-bugs in a hospital setting for the benefit of all without the fear of litigation by formulating strategies to come up with public awareness on the common and generic medical problems that can arise during lifetime and also on the need to approach local heathcare establishments a regular intervals for complete medical checkups so that medical problems can be identified at the right stage and treatment can be done. It is also important to let them know about the bugs in a hospital setting through indirect means by focussing on the need for infrastructure development and availability of best medical practitioners who can take care of the disease and it's treatment in an effective manner.