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Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders

We offer a full range of care for cancer and blood disorders. We treat more pediatric cancer patients than any other institution in the region. In 2011, U.S. News & World Report ranked Children's Cancer program 8th best in the country.

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Leadership

Douglas S. Hawkins, MD

Clinical Director

Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders

On staff since February 1996

Meet the Cancer and Blood Disorders team.

Areas of Focus

  • Clinical Trials

    Many children with cancer can benefit from taking part in research studies called clinical trials. Our doctors are leaders in pediatric cancer research, including Phase 1 clinical trials of novel therapies — new drugs or other new treatment approaches that are available only to patients in studies.

  • Hematopoietic Cell Transplant

    Seattle Children’s offers hematopoietic cell transplant (bone marrow transplant) to young patients through our partnership with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Each year, we perform transplants for approximately 50 children and teens. 

  • Survival Rates

    Survival rates at Seattle Children’s are higher than the national average for all forms of childhood cancer combined.  

Related Research

  • Tomorrow’s Cures Today

    Patients at Children’s have access to the newest and best treatments because our physician-scientists are national leaders in the effort to make childhood cancer a thing of the past.

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  • Changing the Outcome

    Groundbreaking research and a comprehensive model of care enable Children’s to improve outcomes for children with brain tumors.

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  • Center for Childhood Cancer Research

    Our research center seeks to translate new scientific knowledge and technologies into effective treatments that maximize the well-being and the quality of life for children with cancer.

  • Center for Immunity and Immunotherapies

    Our mission is to keep children healthy through the gift of immunity.

  • Center for Clinical and Translational Research

    The Center for Clinical and Translational Research pioneered cancer therapies that make survival rates of Seattle Children’s patients the highest in the nation.

Related News and Press Releases

News

Seattle Children's receives $5 million to accelerate child cancer research
1.23.12 — Puget Sound Business Journal

Seattle Children’s Research Institute today announced a $5 million gift from Ben Towne Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation. To ... cont.

Teens and young adults talk about coping with cancer in new video series
1.20.12 — Local Health Guide Online

Seattle Children’s has released a new series of videos on the medical center’s YouTube channel featuring a group of teens and ... cont.

Human cells could be used to cure cancer
8.11.11 — Q13 Fox

Dr.Michael Jensen with Seattle Children’s Research Institute discusses a new approach for treating leukemia — turning the ... cont.

Press Releases

New Video Series from the Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program Shows How Teens and Young Adults Talk About Cancer

01.19.2012

The Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology Program at Seattle Children’s Hospital has released a new video series on ... cont.

Seattle Children’s Opens New Center for Childhood Cancer Research

07.14.2011

Center’s immunotherapy research may eliminate the need for surgery, chemotherapy and radiation
Seattle Children’s Ranked 7th Among Nation’s Best Children’s Hospitals According to U.S. News & World Report

05.17.2011

Children’s cancer, cont.