Disparities in outcomes for
pediatric cancer patients treated in Hawai'i: comparing Hawai'i residents to children referred from the Pacific Islands
Not exact matches
Abatacept, when added to the standard drug regimen used to prevent GvHD, reduced the occurrence of acute, grade III - IV GvHD from 32 to 3 percent in
pediatric and adult
patients who underwent mismatched unrelated donor stem cell transplants to
treat advanced
cancer and other blood disorders.
«At the very least, this work should remind clinicians that we need to look beyond family history in
treating and counseling
pediatric cancer patients and their families.»
In the Comer Emergency Department, pediatricians,
pediatric surgeons, nurses, social workers and other professionals will
treat the most complex cases — not only those with traumatic injuries but also
patients with all types of severe illnesses who need emergency specialty care, including
patients with congenital heart disease, cystic fibrosis,
cancer and neurological disorders.
The facility, which will be located at the Sibley Memorial Hospital on the Kimmel
Cancer Center's National Capital Region campus, is scheduled for completion in 2019 and will include space and staff for
treating pediatric patients.
Patients with
pediatric blood
cancer treated at UT Southwestern and Children's Health also have access to:
I am truly humbled to be named the Embrace Kids Foundation Chair in
Pediatric Hematology / Oncology established in Dr. Kamen's memory, so that I can continue to carry his vision forward in advancing
pediatric cancer research and keeping that «human» connection in
treating the «whole»
patient and not just the disease,» reflects Cole.