Types of blood cancer treatment for children and teens

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Chemotherapy, stem cell transplantation, and radiation therapy are common blood cancer treatments, but disease type and risk factors also determine the type of treatment you receive.

Factors that determine types of treatment

Factors that will determine your child’s treatment regimen may include:

Treatment type factors
The type of blood cancer	Rate of disease progression
Disease subtype, phase, category, and/or stage	Whether your child had cancer in the past and subsequent chemotherapy to treat it
Cytogenetic analysis results	Whether your child had another blood cancer in the past
Age and overall health	Whether the cancer is in your child's central nervous system
Symptoms	Whether your child has an infection in their bloodstream (systemic infection)
White cell count	Whether you're pregnant
The cancer cells' location	The effect that treatment may have on quality of life

Types of treatment

After considering the above factors, your child’s doctor will recommend one or more of the following treatments:

Biosimilars vs. generic cancer drugs

Palliative/Supportive care

Radiation therapy

Stem cell transplantation

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