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Leukemia treatment and learning and memory

Learn how treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) can cause neurocognitive changes in your child, such as learning difficulties.

Good nutrition during leukemia treatment

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Learn why good nutrition during leukemia is so important and how to manage nutritional side-effects of chemotherapy.

Leukemia: Central venous line

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Learn why your child acute myeloid leukemia (AML) will receive a central venous line (CVL) and how to care for it.

Living with leukemia and helping siblings cope

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Learn how to recognize when siblings of a child with leukemia feel left out, guilty, or resentful of the attention on their sick brother or sister.

Helping your child cope with leukemia

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Learn what you can do to help your child cope with leukemia treatment, procedures, and side effects.

Leukemia and weight gain

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Learn why children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk for becoming overweight.

Leukemia: Understanding diagnosis

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Learn how leukemia is diagnosed and which tests help doctors determine its subtypes.

Leukemia and financial issues

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Learn about services available for patients and families to assist with finances during your child's leukemia treatment.

Ewing sarcoma

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Ewing sarcoma is a type of cancer that can start in bone and sometimes soft tissue. It is most commonly found in children, teens and young adults. Learn about the signs and symptoms and how it is diagnosed and treated.

Fertility preservation: A guide for people with testes

Learn how chemotherapy, radiation and other treatments affect sperm production and explore fertility preservation options such as sperm banking, electroejaculation, testicular sperm extraction (TESE) and testicular biopsy.

Blood, marrow, and the lymphatic system

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Learn how blood works, what bone marrow is and how the lymphatic system works inside our bodies.

Acute myeloid leukemia: An overview

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Learn about how acute myeloid leukemia (AML) develops and what factors may affect the development of the disease.

Genes and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children

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Learn how gene changes can cause acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Acute myeloid leukemia: bone marrow transplant

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Learn which children with acute myeloid leukemia are recommended for a bone marrow transplant (BMT).

Social and emotional effects of having leukemia

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Learn how surviving leukemia can affect a child as they grow up.

Signs and symptoms of acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

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Learn about the signs and symptoms of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which can have more severe symptoms than acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in children

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Learn about the different subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and how they are diagnosed.

Subtypes of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)

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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) can be broken down into different subtypes. Learn about the subtypes of ALL and how they are identified.

Treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)

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Learn about the different types of treatment for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Wrist fracture

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A wrist fracture requires a full cast or a half cast. Read about broken wrists, treatment, follow up appointments and recovery which can take up to a year.

What does scoliosis look like?

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There are five different curve patterns in the spines of children with scoliosis. Learn about these, and other physical changes that can occur.

What happens if scoliosis is not treated?

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Informed decision making is an important component of choosing whether to treat scoliosis. Learn about what can happen if scoliosis is not treated.

Blood pressure: Taking your child's blood pressure at home

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Your child’s health-care provider may recommend that you check your child’s blood pressure at home. Learn about blood pressure, instructions for taking blood pressure at home and what to do if it is too high or low.

X-rays for scoliosis

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X-ray images are the most common tool used to assess scoliosis. Find out how X-rays provide images for tracking the growth and development of scoliosis.

Treatment for scoliosis

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Find out what type of scoliosis treatment might be needed for particular types of curves with the resource centre created by the Canadian Paediatric Hospitals.