UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s division of pediatric hematology and oncology is the largest, most comprehensive childhood cancer and blood disease center in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and northern West Virginia. UPMC Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked in cancer by U.S. News & World Report. As a full member of the Children’s Oncology Group, the division offers patients access to nearly 100 active clinical trials featuring some of the newest treatments available. The division treats the full range of childhood cancers and blood diseases, with dedicated programs in adolescent and young adult oncology, Ewing sarcoma, leukemia, neuro-oncology, sickle cell disease and surgical oncology, among others. Its surgical oncology program specializes in the surgical treatment and management of tumors and other cancers in patients from infancy through young adulthood. The division has recently expanded its basic and clinical research, improved bone marrow transplant outcomes and developed new clinical trials for childhood cancers.
