Pediatric cancer and blood disorders: We care for your child as if they are our own

UW Health Kids | Carbone Cancer Center experts combine compassion with expertise. We consider you and your child part of our family, standing by your side every step of the way. As your child proceeds from diagnosis to treatment and into adulthood, we care for your child as if she, he or they were our own.

Programs and research

Getting kids back to being kids

Kids shouldn’t have to worry about being sick. UW Health Kids | Carbone Cancer Center experts offer the most advanced treatments to get your child back to health — and back to being a kid. We also lead studies on new medicines and therapies so your child can access every possible treatment option.

Conditions and treatments

Care for all cancers and blood disorders

If your child has cancer or a blood or bone marrow disorder, you want the very best care available. The UW Health Kids | Carbone Cancer Center team provides the latest and best treatment options so your child can heal quickly and grow up healthy.

Our doctors are national leaders in treatment and research. Our research improves the care of children with cancer and blood and bone marrow disorders around the world.

The most common types of cancers that occur in children are brain tumors, leukemias and lymphomas. Our experts work to treat these and virtually all other childhood cancers, blood disorders and tumors.

Please note: Not all services are provided at all locations.

Locations

The region’s leading cancer center

Our pediatric cancer experts are part of the UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center — a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. This designation means that the doctors taking care of your child are experts in cancer treatment, research and education.

Meet our team

Compassionate caregivers

Our team understands the unique needs of children with cancer or blood and bone marrow disorders. We also support the families of children in our care.

Your child’s team includes:

  • Child life specialists

  • Hematologists (blood disease doctors)

  • Mental health specialists (health psychologists)

  • Nurse practitioners

  • Oncologists (cancer doctors)

  • Pain and symptom management specialists (doctors and advance practice providers)

  • Pathologists

  • Pharmacists

  • Physical, occupational and speech therapists 

  • Radiologists and radiation technologists

  • Radiation oncologists

  • Researchers

  • Social workers

  • Specialists in all other pediatric areas that our patients might need for their care

  • Surgeons

Resources

Learn more about our program and our patients

When your child needs hospitalization, they will be admitted to American Family Children's Hospital in Madison, Wis.

Our child life specialists help your child and family cope with any fears and anxieties. We offer:

  • Hero beads

  • Hospital school

  • Positive Image Center

  • Spiritual care services

  • Tyler's Place (sibling child care)