Cancer Care for Children and Young Adults
Hassenfeld doctors are experienced in the care of all types of childhood cancers, including both “liquid” cancers like leukemia and “solid” cancers like brain tumors, spinal cord tumors, lymphomas and others.
The full range of diagnostic tests and the latest treatment approaches are available for every Hassenfeld patient.
Many new approaches in clinical practice nationwide were developed by the pediatric oncologists and hematologists who practice at Hassenfeld.
Hassenfeld patients are seen quickly because our care team recognizes the importance of rapid assessment of clinical and laboratory information in a patient’s treatment plan.
At Hassenfeld, therapy is tailored to the unique characteristics of each child in order to ensure the most successful treatment for each patient with the fewest side effects.
An individual Hassenfeld physician is in charge of each patient’s treatment plan to ensure continuity of care. He or she works closely with a dedicated treatment team of medical and psychosocial professionals who all attend to a patient’s care in a personalized way.
The cure rate for childhood cancer has improved dramatically over the past three decades. Fortunately today most children are cured of their disease. In spite of these improvements though, some children fail initial treatment. Others survive but with challenging short and long term side effects.
Hassenfeld recognizes the need to constantly improve the outcomes for children with cancer, especially for cancers that are more difficult to treat such as relapsed leukemia and brain tumors.
Hassenfeld’s “spotlight” programs take promising new findings from the laboratory and quickly “translate” these discoveries to new approaches in the clinic.
