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Children’s Story Project

The Children’s Story Project features stories written by patients and families about how Children’s Hospital has impacted their lives.
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Blythe G. Thomson, MD

Q&A with Blythe G. Thomson, MD

Blythe talks about what it's like to work at Children's and what's special about the Cancer and Blood Disorders Program.
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Dr. Irwin Bernstein

Program Innovation: Hematology and Oncology

Dr. Irwin Bernstein’s research provided the basis for a number of important clinical breakthroughs that are improving treatment options and outcomes throughout the world.
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Brandon Bliss recieves anti-nausea medicine before his chemotherapy.

Changing the Outcome

Ground-breaking research and a comprehensive model of care enables Children’s to improve outcomes for children with brain tumors.
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Karyn Brundige, Nurse Practitioner

Q&A with Karyn Brundige, Nurse Practitioner

Karyn talks about what it’s like to work at Children’s and what’s special about the Cancer and Blood Disorders Program.
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Patient Power

“Patient Power” with Andrew Schorr

Drs. Conrad and Hawkins talk about sarcomas on an hour-long radio program called “Patient Power” with Andrew Schorr.
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Max Hanson, patient

Kids with Cancer: Courage and Hope: A Cancer Free Washington Special with Jean Enersen

The special takes a look at the current state of pediatric cancers through new research, treatments and the experiences of several patients and families.
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Kirsten Darley, RN

Q&A with Kirsten Darley, RN

Kirsten talks about what it’s like to work at Children’s Hospital and what’s special about the Cancer and Blood Disorders team.
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Mary Elizabeth Sierra-Lanham

Teens Do Better Here

Higher cure rates and fewer long-term effects from treatment are just two of the benefits teenagers and young adults up to age 21 receive when their cancer is treated at pediatric medical centers.
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Alex Smith

A Lifeline in Rough Seas

During the last 25 years, the team at Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic has worked to develop stronger partnerships with community providers and to improve access to care that addresses the special needs of children with sickle cell disease.
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Ji Hyun Lee with a cancer patient

Working Together to Cure Cancer

Though cancer remains the most fatal of childhood illnesses, Children’s Hospital offers hope to children with cancer and their families.
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Dominique Johnson

Life and Limb: Improving Bone Tumor Treatment

Clinical research, key partnerships and the desire to spare children’s limbs are the driving forces behind Children’s successful work to improve treatment options — and survival rates — for children with bone tumors.
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Sam rides his bike

Treatment for High Risk Neuroblastoma

Watch this six-minute video about Sam, a 3-year-old, whose limb turned out to have a bone tumor called high-risk neuroblastoma.
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Max Hanson

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Battling kids’ brain cancer

Funding for nanotechnology research focuses on pediatric brain cancer.
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