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Each year approximately 13,000 children under the age of 20 are diagnosed with cancer. Using the significant contributions made by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and other scientific institutions, specialists provide compassionate pediatric care in a scientifically advanced health-care environment.
Childhood tumors of the brain and spine account for about 17 percent of all pediatric malignancies and, as a group, leukemia illnesses account for another 31 percent of all childhood cancers. At the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (CCBD), Children’s Medical Center Dallas, childhood cancer specialists employ chemotherapy, radiation and surgery to treat childhood cancer.
The CCBD staff carefully evaluates and closely monitors each pediatric patient’s progress and works diligently to reintegrate the patient into family life and school activities.
UT Southwestern’s physicians and researchers have access to the latest scientific findings and treatments for childhood cancers, including:
- Astrocytomas
- Brain tumors
- Childhood leukemia
- Childhood lymphoma
- Embryonal tumors
- Infant leukemia
- Large cell lymphoma
- Lymph gland cancer
- Neural crest tumors
- Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Undifferentiated sarcoma
Please visit the Health Library to learn more about childhood cancer.
