Overview

Specialists of the hemato-oncology department of Tel Aviv Medical Clinic make every effort to study and treat many patients suffering from oncology or blood diseases as a department that diagnoses and treats diseases related to cancer (oncology) and diseases related to blood (hematology). The treatment of oncological diseases in children and adolescents includes continuous individual professional medical care.

Children visit clinic specialists for diagnosis and treatment. Small patients can be treated in the hospital’s day hospital for the medication (infusion) or hospitalized in the hemato-oncology department for long-term treatment.

Diseases We Treat

In our clinic help to cope with the following pathologies:

• In the field of hematology, we deal not only with blood diseases such as megaloblastic anemia, iron deficiency anemia, but also malignant hematological diseases such as multiple myeloma (bone marrow cancer), malignant lymphoma, acute and chronic leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, aplastic anemia caused by myelodysplasia.
• In the field of oncology, we conduct research, diagnosis and anti-cancer therapy for lung cancer, gastric cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer, ovarian cancer and other solid tumors. We also deal with the treatment of pains and various complications caused by cancer (for example, hypercalcemia, upper vena cava syndrome, other endocrine disorders, electrolyte imbalance, neurotransmission, etc.).

Also, palliative medicine helps improve the quality of life of cancer patients and their families by providing appropriate nutrition, pain management and palliative care for terminally ill cancer patients who are on the cusp of life.

Treatments

In oncological diseases, the following comprehensive treatment of children and adolescents is carried out:

• Radiation treatment that stops the growth of tumor cells is external or internal.
• Surgical removal of a benign or malignant tumor.
• Chemotherapy stopping tumor growth.
• Symptomatic treatment delaying tumor spread.
• Bone marrow transplantation completely replaces the affected hematopoietic system in blood cancers, the lymphatic system, congenital immunodeficiency, metabolic disorders and inherited blood diseases.

After treatment, each child is under constant and careful supervision by specialists of the hemato-oncology department of Tel Aviv Medical Clinic.