Hematology-Oncology (Cancer Care)

The division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology of the Montreal Children’s Hospital comprises an inpatient unit and a Day Treatment Centre. We provide comprehensive family-centered care to children and adolescents with cancer or benign hematologic diseases.

Inpatient Services

Our inpatient unit is located on B7 and includes 12 large private rooms with plenty of natural light, a large play room and a family room.

Outpatient Services – Day Treatment Centre

The Hematology-Oncology Day Treatment Centre (DTC) is equipped with a playroom, examination, treatment, medication and observation rooms and an oncology satellite pharmacy. Our staff administer chemotherapy and adjuvant monoclonal antibody drugs, perform blood transfusions, and assess and treat symptoms such as pain, nausea and vomiting, infection and psychological distress.

Outpatient clinics are established as follows:

• Daily oncology clinics
• Benign hematology follow-up clinic
• Outpatient consultation service
• Neuro-oncology clinic
• Ortho-oncology clinic
• Post-therapy, leukemia and solid tumour follow-up clinic
• Hemotopoietic stem cell transplant follow-up clinic
• Thalassemia clinic
• Long-term follow-up clinic
• Sickle cell clinic

Team

Our highly skilled team of professionals includes doctors, nurses, nursing assistants, clinical social workers, child life specialists, a psychiatrist, psychologists, clinical pharmacists, a nutritionist, researchers, clinical research associates, clinical administrators, spiritual care staff, school teachers, as well as a massage therapist, an art therapist, and music therapists, who all help coordinate a comprehensive care plan for each child.

Doctors

Nurses

Research

The division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology is involved in a variety of research projects ranging from clinical drug trials (research to evaluate the effectiveness of medications in people) to epidemiology (incidence and prevalence of disease in populations) and quality-of-life studies, all with the goal of improving care for children with cancer and finding a cure for their illnesses. All our studies are strictly monitored by multiple organizations, including Health Canada, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the National Institutes of Health. 

We are a member of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) — the world’s largest organization devoted exclusively to pediatric cancer research, the National Wilm’s Tumor Study Group and the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group (IRSG)

Our researchers include Dr. Janus Rak, Dr. Nada Jabado and Dr. Koja Eppert whose cutting-edge works have focused on improving treatments and outcomes for children diagnosed with childhood cancers and tumours.