What is Pediatric Hematology/Oncology?
Pediatric oncology is the medical subspecialty focused on the research, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood cancers. Pediatric hematology is the related subspecialty focused on treating childhood diseases of the blood or blood forming organs.
How We Improve Care as Part of the Children's Oncology Group
Unlike other areas of medicine, most children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer are treated on nationally-sponsored studies. We are committed to providing improved care for these children through the Children's Oncology Group (COG), a consortium of about 250 medical centers throughout the world. Uniform treatment plans agreed upon by these investigators allow efficient data collection, treatment implementation and dissemination of results for all types of childhood malignancies. By treating children in clinical trials, COG members have increased the cancer cure rate for children from less than 10 percent 40 years ago to over 80 percent today.
Conditions We Treat:
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
- Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
- Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)
- Neuroblastoma
- Osteogenic sarcoma
- Ewing’s sarcoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Wilms tumor
- Brain tumors
- Hemophilia and Von Willebrands disease
- Thrombosis
- Thalassemia
- Sickle cell disease and other hemoglobinopathies
- Acute and chronic anemia
- Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH)
Among the Procedures We Offer Are:
- Bone marrow aspirates (BMA)
- Bone marrow biopsies (BMB)
- Lumbar punctures (LP)
- Intrathecal (IT) chemotherapy
- Immunotherapy
- Gene therapy
Resources
- Children’s Oncology Group – Our partnership with the world’s childhood cancer experts
- Survivorship Program - Multi-disciplinary follow-up care to help patients and families after cancer treatment
- Austin Hatcher Foundation for Pediatric Cancer – Optimizing each child’s quality of life through essential specialized intervention
Educational Websites
- CureSearch for Children’s Cancer
- Histiocytosis Association
- National Cancer Institute – Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer
- Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
- National Bleed Disorders Foundation
- National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)
- Children’s Oncology Group