However, if this rare hereditary type is discovered, then the parents would need to be carefully counselled and they would need to make a decision whether they should have further children because, with each pregnancy the risk would be one in four of having a child affected. When a child is born with Down’s syndrome, [...]

As well as producing the local symptoms which I have described (symptoms which depend on the location of the cancer), cancer also produces some general symptoms. These are often vague such as lack of energy, loss of weight, loss of appetite and just not feeling your usual self. Lack of energy can be due to [...]