Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Conditions

The Pediatric Hematology and Oncology specialists at American Family Children's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, treat infants, children and adolescents with cancer, hematological, neurocutaneous and immunological disorders.

Our Pediatric Hematology and Oncology staff encompasses a wide range of expertise, including peripheral blood stem cell, umbilical cord blood and bone marrow transplantation.

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Conditions

The American Family Children's Hospital Pediatric Hematology and Oncology experts diagnose and treat a number of conditions, including:

Oncologic Diseases

• Leukemia and Lymphomas
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) 
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
  • Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) 
  • Hodgkin's Disease
  • Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas (NHL)
• Sarcomas
  • Ewing's Sarcoma
  • Osteogenic Sarcoma
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma
• Brain and Spinal Tumors
  • Medulloblastoma
  • Astrocytoma
  • Ependymoma
  • Brain Stem Glioma
  • Optic Glioma
• Other Tumors
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Wilms Tumor
  • Hepatoblastoma
  • Retinoblastoma
  • Germ Cell Tumors
  • Endocrine Tumors
  • Thryoid Tumors
• Other Oncologic Diseases
  • Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)
  • Vascular malformations (Hemangiomas and lymphamagionas)
  • Neurofibromatosis

• Diseases Affecting Red Blood Cells
  • Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease
  • Thalassemia Syndromes
  • Hereditary Spherocytosis
  • Congenital Hemolytic Anemias
  • Blackfan-Diamond Syndrome
• Disease Affecting White Blood Cells
  • Kostmann Syndrome
  • Cyclic Neurtropenia
  • Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
• Diseases Affecting Platelets and Blood Clotting (Bleeding Disorders)
  • Immune Thrombocytopenc Purpura (ITP)
  • Hemophilia A
  • Hemophilia B
  • Von Willebrand Disease
• Diseases Affecting All Blood Cells
  • Aplastic Anemia
  • Congential and acquired hemolytic anemias
  • Fanconi's Anemia
  • Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
• Thrombophilia (conditions which increase risk of blood clots)

• Neurofibromatosis type 1 and 2
• Schwanomatosis
• Sturge-Weber Syndrome
• Tuberous Sclerosis
• Ataxia-telengiectasia
• VonHippel-Lindau Disease