Cancer and Blood Disorders Program
The Cancer and Blood Disorders Program treats all childhood blood disorders and cancers — including rare and complex diseases.
Children's Hospital, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and UW Medicine bring together their adult and pediatric oncology programs in the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA). Children's, as a nationally recognized leader in pediatric cancer diagnosis and treatment, provides the pediatric cancer care for the SCCA.
Our patients with cancer range in age from newborns to 21 years old. We see about 230 new patients with cancer each year. This adds up to more than 12,000 patient visits annually in our Hematology-Oncology Clinic.
In 2007, Child Magazine ranked Children's as one of the top 10 oncology programs for children and adolescents in the nation.
Our doctors, nurses and many other staff members are experts at working with children from infants through adolescents. In fact, adolescents with cancer tend to do better on treatment plans designed for children than on plans designed for adults.
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