Immune therapy uses the body’s own immune system to attack cancer cells. Pediatric cancer immunotherapy has become an important treatment for many childhood cancers.
Malignant pediatric brain and spinal cord tumors, including low-grade gliomas and medulloblastomas, are the second most common childhood cancer.
Germ cell tumors are benign or cancerous growths that arise from specialized cells called germ cells.
Blood tests are used to diagnose bleeding disorders, which make an individual more likely to bleed spontaneously and after surgery or injury.
A meningioma is a primary brain tumor that grows along the covering the brain, called the meninges. Most are benign and slow-growing.
Leukemia (cancer of the bone marrow) affects children differently from adults; many types are more treatable in pediatric patients than adults.
More than 80 percent of children diagnosed with cancer are cured, and chemotherapy is an effective treatment for childhood cancer.
Blood transfusions for children are safe. However, it may help to know about possible complications.
Neuroblastoma is a rare type of childhood cancer that begins in developing nerve cells.
Hodgkin lymphoma is a type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system, which is part of the immune system.