儿科癌症

为什么选择皇冠hga025大学洛杉矶分校健康中心为您的孩子进行癌症治疗?

We understand that finding out your child has cancer can be devastating for the entire family. That's why our team of pediatric cancer specialists surrounds you with the warmth and compassion you need to make it through each day. Our experienced specialists are passionate about discovering new pediatric cancer treatments and cures for every type of childhood cancer.

皇冠hga025大学洛杉矶分校儿童血液肿瘤学健康皇冠hga025 is part of two renowned institutions: UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital and the UCLA Health 约翰逊综合癌症中心. We are:

在全国范围内承认: U.S. News & 世界报道 included UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital on its 2023–2024 list of Best Children's 医院. Our pediatric cancer program ranked among the country's best for childhood cancer.

关注你的家庭: We help your whole family cope with the emotional burden and stress that come with a pediatric cancer diagnosis. 同时提供有效的治疗和创新疗法, 我们关注的是你整个家庭的幸福.

致力于创新研究: 除了最先进的诊断, 提供治疗和支持性护理, 皇冠hga025大学洛杉矶分校医疗中心努力为我们的儿科患者带来更新, 更有效的发现.

我们的服务

从诊断到治疗，甚至更远, our caring specialists provide comprehensive services including:

儿童癌症诊断

Your child's care team may order one or more diagnostic tests, depending on your child's symptoms:

全血细胞计数: A blood test taken to check for low levels of red and white blood cells and platelets.

先进的成像: 检查包括x光和成像研究，如CT扫描, MRI, 正电子发射断层扫描(PET)和骨扫描.

Biopsy: A procedure to extract tumor cells and examine them under a microscope.

骨髓穿刺(活检): A test performed to take bone marrow fluid and tissue from the hip. We do this to check for blood cancers, such as leukemia and lymphoma.

脊椎抽液 (腰椎穿刺): A test in which a specialist removes cerebral and spinal fluid by inserting a needle between two vertebrae in the lower back . Our lab examines the fluid and checks for the presence of cancer cells.

儿童癌症支持

Surrounding your child with a strong support system is vitally important. 皇冠hga025大学洛杉矶分校健康中心提供:

儿童生活专家: Health care professionals who provide support to children and their families. Child life specialists help reduce stress and anxiety that often accompany a pediatric cancer diagnosis and cancer treatment.

Simms/Mann- UCLA综合肿瘤学中心: Our center offers a supportive community to help ease the burden of cancer. We can help your family address the challenges you may face throughout your child's cancer care journey. 浏览我们的服务.

癌症遗传学

Our cancer genetics experts evaluate inherited risk factors that make some children more susceptible to certain cancers. Knowing about a specific genetic risk can help doctors more precisely tailor a treatment plan that is optimal for your child. 在皇冠hga025大学洛杉矶分校健康中心了解更多关于癌症遗传学项目的信息.

我们治疗的儿童癌症

We are at the forefront of pediatric cancer diagnostics, treatment and care. 我们治疗所有类型的儿童癌症，包括:

血液癌症: Cancer that typically begins in the bone marrow, where blood cells are made. 两种主要类型的血癌是:

白血病: 最常见的儿童癌症. 它出现在血液或骨髓中. Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is the most common type of leukemia in children. 了解更多关于白血病的知识.

Lymphoma: A cancer that forms in the immune system's white blood cells, called lymphocytes, or tissues. There are two main types of lymphoma: Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. 了解更多有关淋巴瘤的资料.

脑和脊髓肿瘤: 第二种最常见的儿童癌症. Treatments vary widely since there are many different types of brain and spinal cord tumors. Learn more about pediatric brain tumor treatment options at UCLA Health.

神经母细胞瘤: 一种罕见的癌症，起源于未成熟的神经细胞. 神经母细胞瘤在10岁以下儿童中更为常见.

骨肉瘤和尤文氏肉瘤: 骨癌出现在所有年龄段的儿童中. 骨肉瘤通常见于手臂和腿骨, 而尤因肉瘤常见于胸部, 髋或肩胛骨. 这两种癌症都会引起骨痛和骨肿.

横纹肌肉瘤: 一种罕见的癌症，起源于生长成肌肉的细胞.

视网膜母细胞瘤: 一种发生在幼儿身上的罕见眼癌.

肿瘤: 一种发生在儿童身上的罕见的肾恶性肿瘤.

我们提供的治疗

From nonsurgical options to advanced surgery and cellular therapies, UCLA Health offers the full range of cancer treatments for your child. 我们的儿科癌症治疗包括:

化疗: 杀死癌细胞的强效药物. Depending on the type of childhood cancer, chemotherapy may be used alone or with other treatments.

放射治疗: 使用高剂量的辐射来缩小癌变肿瘤. 放射治疗是儿童癌症的常用治疗方法.

免疫疗法: Therapies that activate your child's immune system to fight against the cancer.

靶向治疗: Oral medications that target specific mutations or cell functions to slow down or stop cancer cell growth.

CAR - t细胞疗法: A groundbreaking immunotherapy used in hard-to-treat blood cancers. 用CAR - t细胞疗法, 医生会采集血液样本, extract the T cells and send them to a lab where they are programmed to recognize cancer cells. The modified T cells are later infused back into your child's blood, 它们在哪里瞄准并摧毁癌细胞.

骨髓移植: 一种将健康干细胞引入体内的治疗方法. These stem cells encourage new bone marrow growth and rebuild the immune system. 患有白血病等癌症的儿童, 淋巴瘤和脑肿瘤通常需要骨髓移植.

Surgery: 切除肿瘤. 外科医生尽可能使用微创技术.

认识我们的团队

At UCLA Health, our pediatric hematology-oncology staff delivers family-centered care. 我们不仅关注您孩子的需求, but also on your family's needs to provide comprehensive pediatric cancer support.