
Chemotherapy for Kids: How It's Given, Types, Outlook & More - Healthline
Mar 17, 2022 · Chemotherapy is a treatment option for children with cancer. We explain how chemotherapy is given, the types, and what to expect if your child needs chemo.
Chemotherapy for Children - Stanford Medicine Children's Health
Why might my child need chemotherapy? Your child may need chemotherapy to: Treat a certain type of cancer; Decrease the size of a tumor before surgery; Help other treatment work better. …
Chemotherapy (for Kids) | Nemours KidsHealth
Chemotherapy (say: kee-moe-THER-eh-pee) is the use of medicines to treat cancer. Cancer is a disease that causes normal cells in the body to grow out of control. If left untreated, these cells …
Chemotherapy for Children with Cancer - Together by St. Jude™
Chemotherapy treats cancer using medicines that work by interfering with cells as they divide. Learn more about chemo and how to prepare your child for it.
Late and Long-term Effects of Childhood Cancer Treatment
About 85% of children with cancer now live 5 years or more after a cancer diagnosis because of advances in pediatric cancer treatment. But these cancer treatments can cause other health …
Pediatric Chemotherapy > Fact Sheets - Yale Medicine
Perhaps the most common options for pediatric cancer patients (infancy to age 18) is chemotherapy. Surgery and radiation therapy also play a key role in treating certain types of …
Chemotherapy for Childhood Cancer - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Chemotherapy has the ability to cure many cancers and has proven effective at preventing the recurrence of others. Most pediatric cancer patients receive chemotherapy, which is a …
Pediatric Chemotherapy - Children's National Hospital
Your child may have chemotherapy at a hospital (inpatient or outpatient), the oncologist's office, a cancer center or clinic, or home. Your child may have treatment every day, every week or …
Cancer Treatment: Chemo (for Parents) | Nemours KidsHealth
Chemotherapy (often called "chemo") is treatment with medicines that kill or stop the growth of cancer cells. Standard chemotherapy drugs are different from a class of drugs called targeted …
ChemoKids – Community Support for Kids Undergoing Chemo
Whether you’re currently undergoing treatment, in remission, or supporting a friend or family member, you’re not alone on this journey. Here, you’ll find lots of resources to make the …