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Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
With a pediatric cancer program ranked in the top five nationally according to U.S. News and World Report and with its top three status on U.S. News and World Report’s list of "America's Best Children's Hospitals," Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is devoted to being the nation's leader in pediatric cancer care.
This extension of the hospital's overall vision "to be the leader in improving child health" demonstrates a long history of excellence and progress. Through its research arm, the Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, Cincinnati Children’s is a leader in pediatric research nationally and internationally, currently holding over $170 million in sponsored research programs and $105 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds, second largest of any pediatric institution in America.
Cincinnati Children’s is one of the largest clinical care and research centers for pediatric cancers in the U.S. Its physicians lead clinical trial efforts in major national pediatric cancer research consortia including the Children’s Oncology Group, the National Cancer Institute Pediatric Phase I Consortium, New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy Consortium, and the Department of Defense Neurofibromatosis Consortium.
Experienced clinicians and researchers at Cincinnati Children’s work together to develop and deliver innovative therapies for high risk and relapsing cancer, including promising new treatments available only through clinical trials. In addition, Cincinnati Children’s specializes in complex blood and marrow transplants from unrelated donors. Transplant procedures developed here are now used at hospitals worldwide.
Cincinnati Children’s has one of the largest blood and marrow transplant programs in the nation and has performed more than 1,200 transplants to date.
With cutting-edge research initiatives, innovative support services addressing the myriad emotional and psychological challenges facing children with cancer and their families, as well as exceptional facilities and a world-class team of oncology and hematology doctors, Cincinnati Children’s treats 200 new cancer patients each year and follows 2,000 from all over the country and around the world.
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