Childhoodcancerawareness

[ Music ] [ Background Music ] [Hayley] Neuroblastoma. I don't know what it is. [ Music ] [Dr. Maris] We have one child who has a very benign variety, who can be cured with no therapy at all,...

>> Javed Khan, M.D.: The next phase of the, the human genome project that we're involved in is really to, to the, the TCGA and, and the other international efforts, the target...

>> FOR A PATIENT WHO HAS ANY KIND OF A BRAIN TUMOR, COMING TO CHOP HAS A PARTICULAR ADVANTAGE BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE OF THE NEUROSURGEONS AS WELL AS THE CLOSE INTERACTION...

>> I THINK I MIGHT WANT TO COME WORK AT CHOP AS A PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGIST BECAUSE GOING THROUGH TREATMENTS I HAVE SEEN HOW MANY KIDS ARE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, AND BEING A CANCER...

[ Music ] >> Hi there, I'm Dr. Matt Davis. I'm a primary care pediatrician and the Director of the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on...

[ Music ] People say to me, isn't it depressing? And I said, no, it's completely stimulating because you see how hard they fight and you just want to work even harder because you know...

bjbjLULU JUDY WOODRUFF: Now to the first of a two-part report about how patients and their doctors are faring in their efforts to cure or manage different cancers. It's been four decades since...

>> WHEN WE GOT OUT AFTER A LONG STAY, AND WHEN WE GOT HOME, I SAID TO ALEX —— I SAID, "ALEX, I THINK YOU SHOULD GET RID OF YOUR WALKER AND GET CRUTCHES BECAUSE YOU CAN GO FAST...

>> WE WENT IN FOR MY 20-WEEK ANATOMY SCAN AND THE ULTRASOUND TECH PUT THE WAND ON TO MY STOMACH AND SHE GOES, "WHAT DO YOU THINK THOSE TWO CIRCLES ARE?" AND IT WAS THE...

>> IF PATIENTS DON'T RESPOND TO MEDICAL THERAPY THEN WE HAVE OTHER DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES THAT WE USE. >> CLINICALLY IF YOU HAVE A BABY WITH DIFFUSE DISEASE NEXT TO...