Cancer Center Patient Stories

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) played a pivotal role in Arden’s kidney cancer treatment, using groundbreaking 3D modeling techniques to save her kidney.

When she was 16, Regina came to CHOP for a procedure that restored her health and put her on the path to becoming a pediatric primary care doctor.

Conor would not have survived the leukemia that led to months-long stays in in CHOP’s ICU if not for the teamwork of the doctors who collaborated on his care.

A London family travels to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in search of the best treatment for their son’s brain tumor.

Ava was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, an aggressive bone cancer. A novel surgery called rotationplasty allowed her ankle joint to function as a knee, maximizing her future mobility.

Two hospitals work together to care for a 3-year-old with cancer and his family.

CHOP Primary Care pediatricians and specialists collaborated to diagnose and treat a cancerous tumor before 6-month-old Rhys had any symptoms and the tumor spread.

After being diagnosed with a rare type of tumor in her airway, Peyton came to CHOP for surgery that successfully saved part of her right lung.

Many oncology programs declared Callan’s rare tumor, located in his chest, inoperable. CHOP offered a comprehensive treatment plan that successfully removed the tumor.

When Aaron was 4, he was suddenly diagnosed with a brain tumor and had to undergo seven months of arduous treatment. His family will never forget the teams in neurosurgery, oncology, nursing and child life — and the Phillies and their South Jersey community — all of whom lifted Aaron up throughout his journey at CHOP.