Care for Cancer and Bleeding Disorders

Care close to home—Brett Bonney of Easton, Pa. used to travel with his mother, Beth, to Philadelphia for leukemia care. He now receives the care he needs close to home at our Pediatric Specialty Center.

A cancer diagnosis is a heavy burden to bear, especially for children. We understand how difficult this experience can be, so we are dedicated to offering your child the best care close to home. Be assured your child is in the care of experienced children’s cancer specialists who will support your whole family.

We have the area's only two full-time pediatric hematologists and oncologists who treat cancer and bleeding disorders in children. They diagnose and provide all of your child’s treatments right here in the Lehigh Valley. This includes:

• Diagnosis of leukemia, infant leukemia (called ALL) and other childhood cancers
• Inpatient and outpatient chemotherapy
• Supportive services like blood transfusions and antibiotics
  

If your child needs surgery or to stay overnight in the hospital for care, he will stay in our pediatrics unit at Lehigh Valley Hospital—Cedar Crest. For many treatments, a child can come to the Pediatric Specialty Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital—Muhlenberg in Bethlehem and go home the same day. We have the area’s only pediatric surgeons and a special unit that cares for children after surgery.

If radiation therapy is necessary, our pediatric specialists work with doctors who specialize in treating cancer with radiation (called radiation oncologists). They treat children as young as 3 months of age. Because children are still growing, their radiation therapy is delivered so that it does not interfere with their normal development.

Throughout your child’s cancer treatment, our specialists and specially educated oncology nurses provide comfort and support.

Care for Bleeding Disorders

Our hematologists/oncologists also diagnose and treat bleeding disorders like hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease, protein disorders, blood clots (called thrombosis), sickle cell disease, aplastic anemia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, thalassemia and other forms of anemia, hereditary spherocytosis and other disorders.

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