Cancer Programs at Norton Children’s Hospital
Norton Children’s Cancer Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, provides a number of specialized treatment programs using the latest medical technology to help kids get better.
Infusion Centers – Care based on each patient’s specific needs and concerns.
Pediatric Radiation Therapy Program – Kids get their treatment in a separate, specially designed wing of the state-of-the-art Norton Cancer Institute Radiation Center – Downtown.
Immunotherapy and Cancer Vaccine Program – Stimulating the immune system to help the body reject or destroy tumors.
Neuroblastoma treatment – We have the ability to pinpoint the tumor while avoiding damage to surrounding healthy tissue.
Precision Cancer Medicine Clinic – Since cancer can be traced back to changes in the patient’s DNA, we use this knowledge to customize treatments to the patient.
Apheresis and photopheresis program – The region’s only pediatric apheresis and photopheresis program to treat disorders of the blood and other conditions.
Total body irradiation – Designed to prepare your child for a stem cell or bone marrow transplant.
Hematologist focuses on new treatments for kids with leukemias and other blood disorders
For Jun Zhao, D.O., becoming a doctor was the perfect intersection of an intellectually challenging profession and a way to do good. “I felt like it was the best thing I could do to give […]
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Expressive therapy continues for childhood cancer patients during COVID-19 pandemic
The expressive arts team, part of Norton Children’s Cancer Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, supports childhood cancer patients with music, art and massage therapy as they undergo treatment at Norton Children’s Hospital. […]
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‘Super Drew’ recovered from brain surgery and is raising money to help the next kids
Drew Esposito, “Super Drew” to those who know him, spent almost half a year in the Addison Jo Blair Cancer Care Center at Norton Children’s Hospital. When the 5-year-old returned in January, it wasn’t as […]
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Blood disease HLH requires fast diagnosis and treatment
Recently, ESPN reporter Edward Aschoff passed away unexpectedly on his 34th birthday after a brief illness. His fiancée disclosed that he was diagnosed with multifocal pneumonia and was being treated for a “presumed diagnosis” of […]
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Childhood cancer patients and Louisville musicians produce remix of My Morning Jacket song
It’s unlikely Jim James was thinking of childhood cancer when he wrote the song “Victory Dance,” for My Morning Jacket’s 2011 record “Circuital.” The song, however, has become a rallying cry for the children and […]
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Hematologist focuses on new treatments for kids with leukemias and other blood disorders
For Jun Zhao, D.O., becoming a doctor was the perfect intersection of an intellectually challenging profession and a way to do good. “I felt like it was the best thing I could do to give […]
Read Full Story
Expressive therapy continues for childhood cancer patients during COVID-19 pandemic
The expressive arts team, part of Norton Children’s Cancer Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, supports childhood cancer patients with music, art and massage therapy as they undergo treatment at Norton Children’s Hospital. […]
Read Full Story
‘Super Drew’ recovered from brain surgery and is raising money to help the next kids
Drew Esposito, “Super Drew” to those who know him, spent almost half a year in the Addison Jo Blair Cancer Care Center at Norton Children’s Hospital. When the 5-year-old returned in January, it wasn’t as […]
Read Full Story
Blood disease HLH requires fast diagnosis and treatment
Recently, ESPN reporter Edward Aschoff passed away unexpectedly on his 34th birthday after a brief illness. His fiancée disclosed that he was diagnosed with multifocal pneumonia and was being treated for a “presumed diagnosis” of […]
Read Full Story
Childhood cancer patients and Louisville musicians produce remix of My Morning Jacket song
It’s unlikely Jim James was thinking of childhood cancer when he wrote the song “Victory Dance,” for My Morning Jacket’s 2011 record “Circuital.” The song, however, has become a rallying cry for the children and […]
Read Full Story
