Treatment of Childhood Cancer
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Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy, or “chemo,” is the treatment of cancer using powerful medicines. These medicines work to kill cancer cells or stop them from growing.
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Radiation Therapy
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Bone Marrow / Hematopoietic Cell Transplant
A hematopoietic cell (bone marrow) transplant is a medical procedure used to treat a variety of diseases, including childhood cancer.
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Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is a cancer treatment that uses the immune system to fight cancer. This therapy works by helping the immune system find cancer cells and attack them or increase the immune response to cancer.
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Targeted Therapy
Targeted therapies are newer types of drugs that act on, or target, specific features of cancer cells.
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Surgery
Surgery plays an important role in the diagnosis, treatment and supportive care of many types of childhood cancers.
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