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Trust the cancer experts at Essentia to provide exceptional care in a healing environment. The Erick Peter Person Children’s Cancer Center in Duluth, Minnesota, is the only pediatric cancer center in the Northland. It offers skilled staff and advanced technology and provides comprehensive cancer care for children. We also offer pediatric cancer care for patients and families in the Fargo area at our Essentia Health-32nd Avenue Clinic.
Staying close to your home and support network can reduce stress and provide comfort to you and your child. Depend on Essentia’s compassionate team to answer your questions, provide guidance for at-home care, and help you talk to your child about their diagnosis and treatment.
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(DESCRIPTION)Text, Because it's my child. Essentia Health is here with me. A young girl, Gwen, frolics in front of a sun drenched window. She plays in a sheer indoor tent which features flowers and leaves. Gwen, Duluth. Pediatric Cancer Survivor.
(SPEECH)GWEN DULUTH: Gwen loves to paint. She loves to cut and design. She's a very creative child.
(DESCRIPTION)Text, Because it's cancer. Essentia's Cancer Center is here with me.
(SPEECH)Be, kind of, glad you're not alone, because you're definitely not alone.
(DESCRIPTION)Gwen smiles with her mom and dad at her side.
(SPEECH)It is a team. It's an amazing approach. It's patient-center care.
(DESCRIPTION)Gwen and her dad hold up a sheer piece of pink material which reads, love. Her mother smiles as she looks at them lovingly. Text, When it matters Essentia's Cancer Center is here with me.
(SPEECH)We just couldn't be happier with the care we had, and to have it in our home town is a gift.
(DESCRIPTION)Gwen and her parents play in the backyard. She wears purple butterfly wings. Text, Erick Peter Person Children's Cancer Center. Essentia Health. Here with you. Here with you stories dot org.
(SPEECH)SPEAKER: Here with you Essential Health Cancer Center.
A pediatric oncologist is a pediatrician who has completed additional training in oncology. These specialists treat cancer in children and teens. At Essentia, our pediatric oncologists are also pediatric hematologists who treat blood disorders.
See the full list of conditions we treat, and select a condition to find providers and locations near you.
Rely on your pediatric oncology team to create a care plan tailored to your child. It may include:
Talk to your child’s care team about services your child can receive on an inpatient or outpatient basis. Inpatient means your child stays at the hospital. In Duluth, Minnesota, that hospital would be the St. Mary's Children's Hospital. Outpatient means your child stays at home and visits the cancer center or hospital for treatment. In some clinic locations, pediatric cancer patients can receive care from a cancer provider in Duluth via a TeleVideo Exam.
Expect coordinated care from a team that works together to treat cancer, ease pain, and help your child rebuild strength and energy. Your child’s multidisciplinary team may include:
Choose Essentia to address your child’s medical, emotional, and developmental needs. Your child’s care team may recommend events or services that can benefit your child and family, such as:
Talk to your doctor to see if you may be eligible to participate in a research study through the Essentia Institute of Rural Health. By participating in a clinical study, you may have access to treatments, medications and medical devices that are not widely available.
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