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>> THE CHOP CANCER CENTER IS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT SEAMLESSLY
INTEGRATES BOTH OUR CLINICAL CARE MISSION AND OUR RESEARCH MISSION.
IT'S BECAUSE WE WORK VERY, VERY HARD TO HAVE AN INTEGRATED
APPROACH TO THAT INDIVIDUAL CHILD'S PROBLEM AND TO HAVE OPTIONS.
WHEN A CHILDHOOD CANCER SHOWS ITSELF TO BE RESISTANT
TO THE STANDARD TREATMENTS, AND WHERE SOMETIMES THERE
IS NO KNOWN CURE OR NO KNOWN WAY TO COMBAT THAT, THAT'S THE VOID
THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH TRYING TO FILL AND FOR EVERY DIFFERENT TYPE
OF CHILDHOOD CANCER, WE SEEK TO HAVE A PORTFOLIO OF OPTIONS
THAT NEED TO BE TAILORED TO THAT INDIVIDUAL CHILD.
>> SO IF PERHAPS, THE DISEASE IS TREATED AND GOES INTO REMISSION
AND THEN COMES BACK, THAT MIGHT BE A TIME WHERE THE CHOICE
OF WHAT TO DO ISN'T ALWAYS CLEAR AND A SECOND OPINION CAN BE VERY
HELPFUL IN FIGURING OUT WHAT THE RIGHT COURSE IS FOR A CHILD.
IF A CHILD'S DISEASE ISN'T RESPONDING TO THERAPY
AND A NEW THERAPY IS NEEDED, THAT'S ANOTHER TIME THAT A SECOND OPINION
MAY BE HELPFUL AND HERE AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WE HAVE
LOTS OF NEW THERAPIES THAT ARE JUST BEING BROUGHT OUT,
THAT HAVE JUST BEEN DISCOVERED, AND A SECOND OPINION MAY GIVE
YOU A CHANCE TO GET A THERAPY THAT ISN'T AVAILABLE IN OTHER PLACES.