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Chemotherapy
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An overview of what chemotherapy is, how it works, how it is given, side effects, and questions to ask your healthcare team.
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What is a stem cell transplant? (poster)
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This illustrated resource is designed to help children with a blood cancer who needs a stem cell transplant, and their parents, to most easily understand the steps involved.
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Mouth and Throat - side effects
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Both cancer and your treatment can cause side effects. A common side effect is damage to the cells that line the inside of your mouth and throat.
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Pain Log for When You're in Treatment
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This worksheet provides a pain scale log for you to keep track of pain level, time and date when you're in treatment for a blood cancer.
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What is a stem cell transplant?
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This animated video is designed to help children, and their parents, understand what a stem cell transplant is if they need it for their blood cancer treatment.
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Graft vs Host Disease (GvHD)
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Graft vs Host Disease, known as GvHD, is a side effect of a life saving procedure. People who undergo an allogeneic stem cell transplant - when a donor's stem cells are transplanted into the recipient - can experience either acute or chronic GvHD. In this podcast, listen to…
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Immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS)
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Immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) is a side effect that can happen after some forms of immunotherapy treatment. It may cause you to experience serious neurological symptoms.
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Understanding Graft vs Host Disease (GvHD)
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GvHD is a serious health complication that can result from an allogeneic stem cell transplant. It can happen when donor cells (graft) mistakenly attack the transplant recipient’s (host) tissue and cells.
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Treating Graft-versus-Host Disease (GvHD)
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There are various treatments, depending on whether you have acute or chronic GvHD. Acute GvHD which usually develops within 100 days of an allogeneic stem cell transplant, and chronic GvHD (cGvHD), which develops more than 100 days after the transplant.
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Caring for your skin, nails, hair and mouth
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Learn how to care for skin, nails, hair, and mouth during and after cancer treatments.
Treatment and side effects