In honor of National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week (April 2-8), CHOC Children’s patient, Kenia Gonzalez, shares her story of how she coped with her diagnosis and went on to beat cancer. She wants young cancer patients to know “you are never alone!” My name is Kenia Gonzalez and I am nineteen years old. I
Dr. Lilibeth Torno, Clinical Director of Hyundai Cancer Institute at CHOC Children’s, describes symptoms and treatment of histiocytosis. To view video, click here: http://www.choc.org/video/index.cfm?id=81
When Samantha’s daughter, Ryan, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at age 5, she wasn’t sure who would understand what they were going through. Following her diagnosis, Ryan was admitted to the Hyundai Cancer Institute at CHOC Children’s, a place she would call home for the next five weeks. Little did Ryan know that
For more than 20 years Julene Schenk has been caring for cancer patients at CHOC Children’s. She began her career as a bedside nurse and charge nurse in the hospital’s oncology division and became a case coordinator in 2008. As the neuro-oncology case coordinator, Julene works one-on-one with patients and their families to help them
Emma’s mom tells us a little bit about why their family loves the CHOC Cancer Institute team. Around here, we call it Family Centered Care.