Medulloblastoma is the most common form of brain cancer among children. Learn more about medulloblastoma symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment.
This page describes what is involved in the treatment of rhabdoid tumours.
Chemotherapy is a type of cancer treatment. Learn about the different types of chemotherapy medications, how your health-care team decides which types to use, and the role of corticosteroids in cancer treatment.
Learn how chemotherapy for acute childhood leukemias is administered and possible side effects children receiving chemotherapy may experience.
Learn how chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) can damage bones.
Learn about celiac disease and the strict gluten-free diet to create a safe environment for children with celiac disease at your childcare centre.
Chemotherapy can cause many different issues in addition to hair loss and making you feel sick. Find out about other issues related to chemotherapy and how to manage them.
Learn about long-term and late effects from acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment.
Understanding the diagnosis of a brain tumour is necessary to choose the most effective treatment for your child. Find out about the different categories of brain tumours, staging and grading.
Find out how a brain tumour diagnosis and/or its treatment can impact your child’s growth and how the effects can be managed.
Read about the causes and symptoms of absence epilepsy and how the condition is treated.
Detailed information on the effects that brain tumour treatment may have on a child's fertility and pubertal development.
Learn how chemotherapy works with this click-through animation that shows how chemotherapy affects cells in the body.
Learn about long-term and late effects from acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treatment.
The side effects from chemotherapy medications are not the same for everyone. Find out what the possible side effects of taking chemotherapy medications are and how they can be managed.
This section describes the treatment options for both acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
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.
Learn what a blood and marrow transplant is, and where blood stem cells come from.
Learn about late term effects after your child's blood and marrow transplant (BMT).
Read about the causes, symptoms and treatments for generalized epilepsy syndromes.
This page describes the use of chemotherapy for rhabdoid tumours.
An in-depth discussion of chemotherapy for children suffering from various types of brain tumours.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer. Learn about how this cancer develops and what factors may affect the development of the disease.
Chemotherapy may be used to treat some types of brain tumours. Learn general information about how chemotherapy is given, how it works and coping with side effects.
Read about the types of epilepsy and the suggested treatments.
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