Find out what type of studies are being done around the world to improve treatments and therapies for cancer, including research on cancer in teens.
Learn what a blood and marrow transplant is, and where blood stem cells come from.
Leukemia is a type of cancer. Learn about the more common types of leukemia, how leukemia is diagnosed, treated and what the prognosis is.
Learn about ongoing cancer research and your teenager's role in research and clinical trials.
Your health-care team may offer red blood cell transfusions or stem cell transplants to treat your sickle cell disease. Learn about both treatments, including their benefits and risks.
Bone cancer, or sarcoma, is a type of cancer that starts in a bone. Learn about bone cells, bone tumours and diagnosis and treatment of bone cancer.
There are many types of cancer, but there are some things that are similar in most cancers. Learn about cells, tumours and how cancer spreads.
Many people will consider the use of complementary and alternative therapies when undergoing cancer treatment, but not all of these are safe to use. Find out what you need to consider before using complementary or alternative therapies for cancer treatment.
Learn what happens during a donor's stem cells harvest.
Learn how your child's stem cells are harvested, before the blood and marrow transplant.
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 about the procedures during your child's allogeneic blood and marrow transplant.
Learn about how graft-versus-host disease is prevented and treated, after an allogeneic transplant.
Learn about long-term and late effects from acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treatment.
Parents can find out if their child is a candidate for a blood and marrow transplant (BMT).
Your child's health-care team may offer stem cell transplants to treat your child's sickle cell disease. Learn about the treatment, including its benefits and risks.
Radiation targets cancer cells but can also damage healthy cells, which can cause different side effects. Read an overview of these side effects, find out when you may notice them whether you can predict which side effects you may have.
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.
Read about the occurrence of secondary cancer after brain tumour treatment in your child. Find out what the risk factors are, how it will be screened and what can be done.
Learn how chemotherapy works with this click-through animation that shows how chemotherapy affects cells in the body.
Depending on your cancer treatment, you may need to see a speech-language pathologist. Find out what a speech-language pathologist does and why you may need one on your health-care team.
Learn about the potential late effects after your child's allogeneic transplant.
Medulloblastoma is the most common form of brain cancer among children. Learn more about medulloblastoma symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment.
A blood and marrow transplant (BMT) replaces the bone marrow system with healthy stem cells. A BMT may be done because there are too few blood stem cells, the blood cells do not work properly or it may be part of cancer treatment.
Soft tissue tumours can develop in the muscles, fat, blood vessels or other tissues that surround the organs. Read about the symptoms of soft tissue tumours, how they are diagnosed and possible treatment and prognosis.
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