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Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

One Children's Hospital Drive
4401 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
United States
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

More and more children with leukemia are being cured of their cancer due to advancements of treatment options. These treatments can have serious side effects, including risk for life-threatening serious infections.

Mentor Name: Kelly Bailey

The treatment of pediatric cancer requires the use of chemotherapy drugs, which carry a variety of long-term health consequences and are not always successful. New and exciting cancer treatments, known as immunotherapy, are looking to change this by using a patient’s own immune system to fight their cancer.