Meet the Care Team
Patient Stories
Sal’s story: Seeing cancer through the lens of victory
It was the summer after kindergarten and Sal should have been out on the block playing with his neighborhood pals. But the typically robust 6-year-old was fighting off one illness after another.
Conditions We Treat
Pediatric benign bone tumors and cysts
Pediatric cancer
Pediatric ependymoma
Pediatric Ewing sarcoma
Pediatric genitourinary cancer
Pediatric glioblastoma
Leukemia in children
Pediatric lymphoma
Pediatric medulloblastoma
Pediatric neuroblastoma
Pediatric neurofibromatosis (NF)
Non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma in children
Osteochondroma in children
Pediatric osteosarcoma
Retinoblastoma in Children
Rhabdomyosarcoma in children
Sarcomas in children
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The oncology service at the Pauline Allen Gill Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders is one of the nation’s premier programs for children with malignant disorders. The center offers a full array of the latest diagnostic capabilities and therapies available.
With 24 pediatric hematologists and oncologists on staff, all of whom are faculty members at UT Southwestern Medical Center, we care for more than 1,000 new patients each year. This makes the Gill Center the largest childhood cancer and blood disorders treatment center in the region.
Our treatment results equal or exceed those at the most prestigious pediatric cancer centers in the country. The Center has a leadership position in the National Institutes of Health-sponsored international consortium called the Children’s Oncology Group (COG).