Patient Resources at Norton Children’s Cancer Institute
Norton Children’s Cancer Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, and hosts several regularly scheduled support groups for kids with cancer and family members.
From the time your child enters the hospital, we try to give him or her time away from medical procedures to just be a kid.
Services
- Hearts & Hands Care Team
- Child Life and Expressive Therapies
- Patient and family navigators
- Playrooms are for play. No medical procedures.
- School Re-entry Program
- Video games, computers, arts and crafts and other age-appropriate activities for teens.
Support Groups
COVID-19 puts pediatric patients with bleeding disorders at higher risk
Some pediatric patients with bleeding disorders may have a higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19, especially if they have serious underlying medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity or asthma. Although most bleeding […]
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Diet rich in antioxidants can help prevent infection during pediatric leukemia treatment
A healthy diet that includes foods — not dietary supplements — rich in antioxidants can help kids undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) reduce the risk of infection and inflammation in the digestive tract, […]
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Normal bruises or leukemia bruising? How to spot the difference
Leukemia bruising occurs more easily and frequently than typical bruising, may show up in odd places, tends to take longer to clear up and can be part of a number of symptoms seen on a […]
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Norton Children’s Cancer Institute offers clinical trials for kids with AML
It’s the news no parent wants to hear: acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This cancer of the bone marrow — the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are made — is rare but dangerous, affecting […]
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New drug treats hemophilia A in children
Norton Children’s Cancer Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, cares for children with hemophilia, blood cancers and many other diseases. Emicizumab is a new drug now being used for children with moderate to […]
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COVID-19 puts pediatric patients with bleeding disorders at higher risk
Some pediatric patients with bleeding disorders may have a higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19, especially if they have serious underlying medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity or asthma. Although most bleeding […]
Read Full Story
Diet rich in antioxidants can help prevent infection during pediatric leukemia treatment
A healthy diet that includes foods — not dietary supplements — rich in antioxidants can help kids undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) reduce the risk of infection and inflammation in the digestive tract, […]
Read Full Story
Normal bruises or leukemia bruising? How to spot the difference
Leukemia bruising occurs more easily and frequently than typical bruising, may show up in odd places, tends to take longer to clear up and can be part of a number of symptoms seen on a […]
Read Full Story
Norton Children’s Cancer Institute offers clinical trials for kids with AML
It’s the news no parent wants to hear: acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This cancer of the bone marrow — the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are made — is rare but dangerous, affecting […]
Read Full Story
New drug treats hemophilia A in children
Norton Children’s Cancer Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, cares for children with hemophilia, blood cancers and many other diseases. Emicizumab is a new drug now being used for children with moderate to […]
Read Full Story
