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Cancer and Blood Disorders Program

Cancer and Blood Disorders Program

Our expert doctors and care teams are highly skilled in diagnosing, evaluating, and treating childhood problems related to blood and tumors.

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The doctors and care teams at Arkansas Children's are highly skilled in the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of childhood problems related to blood and tumors.

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Bone Cancer

Bone cancer occurs when cells grow abnormally in the bones and bone tissue.

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Benign Growths

Bone cells can form noncancerous cysts or cartilage-topped extra growths (osteochondromas) near a bone’s growth plate, giant cell tumors, pigmented villonodular synovitis, and other rare tumors. This overgrowth can happen in childhood and teen years.

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Synovial Sarcoma

Synovial sarcoma is a rare type of cancer that grows in the soft tissues, most often around the joints or muscles.

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Desmoid Tumors

Non-cancerous growths on the connective tissue that form ligaments and tendons in the arms, legs and abdomen.

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Osteochondroma

Arkansas Children’s Hospital provides expert diagnosis and treatment for osteochondroma, a benign (non-cancerous) tumor in the bone.

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Ewing’s Sarcoma

This cancerous tumor grows in the soft tissue near bones or the bones. It can form anywhere in the body, often in the arms, legs, ribs, spine and pelvis.

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Hemophilia

Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder that causes the blood to not clot normally. This can cause easy bleeding, bleeding longer than normal or bleeding more than normal.

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Rhabdomyosarcoma

Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common form of soft-tissue cancer in children. This condition is called “rhabdo” for short, and usually appears when children are between ages 2 and 6 and 15 and 19.

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Von Willebrand Disease (vWD)

Von Willebrand disease (vWD) is the most common hereditary bleeding disorder. Children with von Willebrand disease take longer to stop bleeding because of problems with the von Willebrand Factor (vWF).

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Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor

A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor is a cancer that develops in the connective tissue that surrounds and protects the nerves.

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Thrombosis

Thrombosis occurs when clots form inside a blood vessel when they shouldn’t. Clots in the arteries and veings can lead to serious complications.

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Hypercoagulable Conditions (Thrombophilia)

Hypercoagulable conditions are disorders where the blood is more likely to cause blood clots in the blood vessels. Thrombophilia is a medical term we use to describe the blood's increased tendency to clot. There are two types of thrombophilia: inherited thrombophilia and acquired thrombophilia.

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Leukemia

Leukemia is a blood cancer that starts in the bone marrow, which makes the cells that develop into blood cells.

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Liver Tumors

Liver tumors are abnormal growths in the liver. They can be either cancerous (malignant) or non-cancerous (benign).

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Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is a type of cancer that grows in the white blood cells of the lymph system, called lymphocytes.

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Hodgkin Lymphoma

Hodgkin lymphoma is a type of cancer that grows in the white blood cells of the lymph system, called lymphocytes.

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Sickle Cell Disease

Learn more about sickle cell disease, its symptoms, causes, and how it is treated at Arkansas Children's.

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Menstrual Bleeding Disorders

Our adolescent gynecologists and hematologists work collaboratively to provide care for teenagers and young women with excessive menstrual bleeding.

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Other Conditions

Surround your child with experts who also care for the following conditions.

Anemia
Thrombocytopenia
Leukemia
Lymphoma - Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Solid Tumors
Neuroblastoma
Germ cell tumors
Liver tumors
Histiocytosis
Other malignant diseases

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