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Pediatric Oncology Program

Patient and Family Education

The Greenebaum Cancer Center offers the following resources to help patients and their families cope with blood and marrow transplants.

Children's Oncology Group - An organization that strives to cure and prevent childhood and adolescent cancer through scientific discovery and compassionate care.

NCI PDQ Cancer Information Summaries: Pediatric Treatment - NCI's comprehensive cancer database. It contains summaries on a wide range of cancer topics, a registry of 8000+ open and 19,000+ closed cancer clinical trials, and a directory of professionals who provide genetics services.

Cancer Overviews:

Brain Tumors:

• Childhood Brain Stem Glioma
• Childhood Cerebellar Astrocytoma
• Childhood Cerebral Astrocytoma
• Childhood Ependymoma
• Childhood Medulloblastoma
• Childhood Supratentorial Primitive Neuro

Other Overviews:

• Childhood Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma
• Childhood Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia
• Liver Cancer, Childhood
• Childhood Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Retinoblastoma

Patient Success Stories
Read stories from cancer patients and their families.

Useful Links
A list of outside websites with information about pediatric oncology.

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General Cancer Information

We also offer the following resources that provide more general information on dealing with cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Audio/Videos on Cancer
Interviews with our cancer experts and cancer survivors.

Patient Handbook (PDF)
What you need to know when coming to UMGCC for cancer care.

Dealing with Symptoms and Side Effects of Treatment

Clinical Trials for Cancer
Everything you need to know about taking part in a clinical trial for cancer.

Patient Drug Information

Select... Carboplatic Carboplatin Paclitaxel Bevacizumab Gemcitabine Premetrexed Tarceva Ixabepilone Cisplatin Etoposide Hycamtin Doxorubicin Docetaxel Cytoxan 5fu Camptosar Liposomal Doxorubicin Leucovorin Rituximab Bortezimib Vincristine Revlimid Thalidomide Xeloda

(Source: UptoDate electronic information resource for clinicians and patients)

Patient-Friendly Oncology Web Sites

Dictionary of Cancer Terms

This page was last updated on: July 14, 2010.

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