Top Neuroblastoma Cancer Hospitals
Please note that while the doctors acting as advisors to the End Kids Cancer Foundation are affiliated with most of the hospitals listed above, none were involved in selecting the hospitals on the list below. The selection of medical centers in the list below is based on several factors learned and observed from personal experience for families of pediatric cancer patients. The doctors from these facilities have consistently published medical papers about cutting-edge research and clinical trials. In addition, doctors at these centers have continually introduced a broad range of the most up-to-date, effective treatments in the fight against neuroblastoma.
Most of the medical centers listed below consistently receive grant money from the NCI (National Cancer Institute) for novel research and clinical trials related to neuroblastoma. This is an excellent indicator of their expertise and commitment to curing this form of pediatric cancer.
Memorial Sloan Kettering
http://www.mskcc.org/pediatrics/childhood/neuroblastoma
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
http://www.chla.org/site/pp.aspx?c=ipINKTOAJsG&b=3750947#.Ubf01tg3S_I
Baylor Texas Children’s/Baylor
http://www.texaschildrens.org/
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
https://www.humonc.wisc.edu/team_member/paul-sondel-md-phd/
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
http://www.dana-farber.org/Pediatric-Care/Treatment-and-Support/Pediatric-Treatment-Centers-and-Clinical-Services/Neuroblastoma-Program.aspx
University of California, San Francisco
http://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/conditions/neuroblastoma/index.html
The Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/service/c/cancer-blood/default/
Comer Children’s Hospital at the University of Chicago
http://www.uchicagokidshospital.org/physicians/susan-cohn.html
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
http://cancer.ucsf.edu/research/programs/pediatric-malignancies/pediatrics