Doctors from Mayo Clinic's Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology work as part of a multispecialty team to provide efficient, coordinated care for children and adolescents who have blood disorders or cancer.

Bleeding disorders and thrombosis

Bleeding disorders include abnormalities in clotting proteins or platelets (blood components needed for clotting). In addition to thrombosis (abnormal clot formation), the Mayo hematology team treats bleeding disorders such as:

• Hemophilia
• Von Willebrand disease
• Other blood protein deficiencies that hinder blood clotting

Other blood diseases

Mayo experts also treat other blood diseases and disorders. Examples include:

• Anemia
• Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
• Thrombocytopenia
• White blood cell disorders, such as neutropenia

Cancers

Mayo's pediatric cancer team treats all types of cancer. These are just a few examples:

• Pediatric brain tumors (cancerous and noncancerous)
• Sarcomas, such as Ewing sarcoma, osteosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, soft tissue sarcoma
• Wilms' tumors
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma
• Neuroblastoma
• Hepatoblastoma (a type of liver cancer)
• Melanoma 

July 11, 2019

Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/childrens-center/pediatric-hematology-oncology-minnesota/services