Wednesday, January 9, 2019

St. Jude Hospital’s Treatment Program for Complex Children’s Cancers


Located in Metairie, Louisiana, Nielsen & Treas, LLC, offers legal services to insurance companies. Supportive of charitable causes, members of Nielsen & Treas, LLC, donate to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

St. Jude helps improve treatment outcomes for children with some of the most difficult forms of cancer, such as leukemia and lymphoma. The hospital accepts referrals from doctors of patients who have complex forms of these diseases and then coordinates care among different experts, including pediatric oncologists and radiation specialists. 

Patients arriving at St. Jude first undergo a diagnostic study, after which a treatment protocol is prescribed. This protocol is then explained to patients' parents in detail. Travel and accommodation information is also given since most patients are required to stay in Memphis during the early stages of their therapy. 

St. Jude matches patients with appropriate clinical research programs to optimize the probability of successful treatment. The patients’ parents and their referring physicians are given regular updates on the progress of therapies. Afterward, monitoring and follow-up examinations are performed to address residual effects and collect epidemiological data that will help improve future therapies.

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