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Supporting the Whole Family Through Childhood Cancer
Clip: 9/2/2026 | 1m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
Why treating childhood cancer requires support for the entire child and family.
Childhood cancer care extends far beyond medication, chemotherapy and radiation. Dr. Brinda Mehta describes the network of specialists and services supporting children and families throughout treatment and survivorship, including counseling, child life programs, social work, physical wellness and other forms of psychosocial care.
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Docs on Call
Supporting the Whole Family Through Childhood Cancer
Clip: 9/2/2026 | 1m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
Childhood cancer care extends far beyond medication, chemotherapy and radiation. Dr. Brinda Mehta describes the network of specialists and services supporting children and families throughout treatment and survivorship, including counseling, child life programs, social work, physical wellness and other forms of psychosocial care.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipSo, yeah, cancer initially, just, you know, the diagnosis, but what follows off that needs an entire village to take care of the child, the family.
So we have at Children's Hospital a very robust psychosocial team through the Heller Center.
And then the children's hospital itself, you know, from sedation services, specialized programs, the survivorship program, adolescent, young adult program.
Again, back to the Heller Center: counseling, an exercise physiologist, social worker, child life.
There's a music therapist.
So as Children's Hospital has grown, and as we know, as we've realized that it's not enough just to give, like you point out, not just medications and chemo or radiation, the effects and every single day, there's so many aspects that we need to take care of that we have over the years.
And Dr.
Saving has helped with a lot of that building, building that village that can support each child and family.
So that's what we have.
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