Featured Physician
- Amanda Muench Termuhlen, MD, is the Associate Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Division. Her clinical interests are in blood and marrow transplantation, non-Hodgkins’s Lymphoma, late effects of childhood cancer treatment and oncology of adolescents.
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Featured Researcher
- Peter Houghton, PhD, leads the Center for Childhood Cancer in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Dr. Houghton’s expertise covers many areas of study, though he is most noted for the discovery of new therapies to treat tumors occurring in muscles and other soft tissues, especially rhabdomyosarcomas.
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Hematology, Oncology and BMT Clinical Trials
Approximately 74 percent of Nationwide Children's eligible oncology patients are enrolled in a clinical trial, making Nationwide Children's Center for Hematology/Oncology & BMT among the leading cancer centers for clinical trial enrollment by the Children’s Oncology Group.
Nationwide Children's has almost 200 clinical trials underway to determine the safety and effectiveness of drug treatments in children, and is continuing to partner with leading researchers and companies around the world to help improve the outcomes of children with cancer.
For the children of central Ohio, this means that they never have to leave the comforts of Central Ohio to receive access to leading national and international trials and treatment protocols.
Learn more about clinical trials at Children's by reading our Frequently Asked Questions.
Children's partners with the following organizations and researchers:
Children’s Center for Childhood Cancer
Children’s Oncology Group (COG)
National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital/Richard J. Solove Research Institute
