The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, based at Children’s Medical Center Dallas, is the clinical site for pediatric hematology-oncology care at UT Southwestern Medical Center, treating cancers in children such as pediatric leukemia. The CCBD is one of the largest pediatric hematology-oncology programs in the U.S. and is internationally known as a center of excellence in patient care, education, clinical and laboratory research, and patient advocacy.

The CCBD handles more than 12,000 outpatient visits (8,500 oncology, 3,500 hematology) and 1,300 admissions per year. Patients are treated in a new inpatient hematology-oncology unit at Children's. Clinical programs include oncology, stem cell transplantation, the Childhood Cancer Survivor Program, general hematology, sickle cell disease, hemophilia, comprehensive orthopaedic oncology and neuro-oncology. UT Southwestern physicians also provide a consult service for newborn patients with hematological conditions delivered at Parkland Health & Hospital System.

The CCBD uses a team approach to plan and deliver clinical care that is targeted to meet the needs of each child. Among the services offered:

• Child life
• Child psychiatry
• Nutritional support
• Pastoral care
• Physical and occupational therapy
• Prosthetics services
• Social work

The staff includes oncology clinical nurse practitioners, sickle cell disease clinical nurse practitioners and a clinical nurse practitioner devoted to the care of hemophilia patients. Outpatient clinics are fully staffed by clinic nurses and have defined doctor-nurse teams to care for patients.