Tag: childhood-cancer
![Two and a half year old Mackenzie plays the drums at McMaster Children's Hospital.](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Mackenzie-dressed-up-for-Halloween-scaled.jpg)
Music helps family cope with loss of daughter after cancer
When two-and-a-half year-old Mackenzie complained of a sore tooth over Thanksgiving weekend last year, her parents Devan Jobb and LeRhonda...
![Matthew Bueckert at McMaster Children's Hospital](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Childhood-cancer-Matthew-Bueckert-02072019-web-size-635px-4.jpg)
A lifelong battle with cancer at the age of eight
Eight year old Matthew Bueckert is battling leukemia for the second time. Although the idea of having her son in a clinical trial initially seemed scary, his parents quickly learned that it provides more treatment options.
![Dr. Stacey Marjerrison](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Stacey-Marjerrison-in-Makaylas-room-web-size-2.jpg)
Improving care for Indigenous children with cancer
Dr. Stacey Marjerrison of McMaster Children's Hospital writes about her pursuit of improving care for Indigenous children with cancer through research.
![A pediatric radiation therapist stands in portrait smiling.](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Melanie-Carrigan-poster.jpg)
Introducing… a pediatric radiation therapist
Melanie Carrigan is driven to assist families during what is likely to be the most difficult circumstance they will face in their lives.
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Introducing…a pediatric oncology nurse
Jillian Sheehan is a registered nurse on the pediatric oncology unit at McMaster Children’s Hospital. She has worked at Hamilton...
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