
Oncology Clinic
The Pediatric Oncology Clinic team of world-renowned childhood cancer experts includes doctors, nurses and social workers, who care for patients with every type of childhood cancer. We understand that undergoing cancer treatment is emotionally difficult, and we offer not just a helping hand, but a hand to hold.
In addition to treating patients, our doctors lead world-class research aimed at advancing the understanding and treatment of cancer. Thanks to that work, patients have the opportunity to participate in large-scale clinical trials of new therapies and drugs. Our goal is to help kids get better as quickly as possible so they can put cancer behind them and get on with their lives.
Our locations (3)
Our team
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Katherine K. Matthay
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Anurag K. Agrawal
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Anuradha Banerjee
MD, MPH
Pediatric neuro-oncologist -
Barbara Beach
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Benjamin S. Braun
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Christina Coleman
DO
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist and neuro-oncologist -
Robert E. Goldsby
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Carla Golden
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
W. Clay Gustafson
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Robert Ward Hagar
MD
Internist -
Caroline Hastings
MD
Hematologist-oncologist and neuro-oncologist -
Michelle L. Hermiston
MD, PhD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Benjamin J. Huang
MD
Pediatric hematologist and oncologist -
Marie Jaeger-Krause
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist and neuro-oncologist -
Shannon Kelly
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Nahal Lalefar
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Ashutosh Lal
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Anya Levinson
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Alison Matsunaga
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Jennifer Michlitsch
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Sabine Mueller
MD, PhD, MAS
Pediatric neurologist and neuro-oncologist -
Cheryl Peretz
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Robert Raphael
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Elizabeth Robbins
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Amit J. Sabnis
MD, MS
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Elizabeth Seashore
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist and palliative care specialist -
Kristin A. Shimano
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Sylvia Singer
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Alejandro Sweet-Cordero
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Elliott Vichinsky
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Mark Walters
MD
Pediatric hematologist-oncologist -
Kathryn Aaronson
NP
Nurse practitioner -
Judy Cavazos
PhD
Psychologist -
Carly Hoffman
PNP, MSN
Pediatric nurse practitioner -
Fabienne Hollinger
FNP, MSN
Family nurse practitioner -
Makiko Omori
RD
Dietitian -
Kathleen Praxedes
LCSW
Social worker -
Shannon H. Raber
PNP, MSN
Pediatric nurse practitioner -
Erica Southworth
PNP, MSN
Pediatric nurse practitioner -
Kristen Steglich
LCSW
Social worker -
Ilana C. Withop
NP, MSN
Nurse practitioner
Awards & recognition
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Best in Northern California for cancer care
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Ranked among the nation's best in 10 specialties
UCSF's Pediatric Cancer Program

Plan your visit
What to Bring
- Photo I.D.
- Health insurance card
- Insurance authorization, if required
- Doctor's referral, if required
- Recent test results related to your child's condition
- List of medications, including dosages, plus any your child is allergic to
- List of questions you may have
- Device or paper for taking notes
- Completed medical forms that we will mail to you ahead of time
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The median time to failure or death will be compared on the two arms using the log-rank test. Failure of IST is defined as the date that a second definitive therapy was recommended (BMT, second course of ATG) and failure of BMT de...
Recruiting
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Events occurring on or after treatment on Day 1 will be classified using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v5.0. Adverse events leading to treatment discontinuation will be listed.
Recruiting
More about this studyInotuzumab Ozogamicin and Post-Induction Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With High-Risk B-ALL...
Power calculations are based on detecting an improvement in post consolidation DFS with the addition of InO to standard therapy for high risk (HR) B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). All survival time analyses assume a Weibull d...
Recruiting
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Progression-free survival is defined as the time of documented response until disease progression as defined by Response assessment in neuro-oncology criteria (RANO) criteria. PFS will be reported by overall group at 12 months.
Recruiting
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We will employ the Bayesian optimal interval (BOIN) design to find the MTD for both continuous and intermittent dosing schedules. The BOIN design is implemented in a simple way similar to the traditional 3+3 design, but is more fl...
Recruiting
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We will estimate the cumulative incidence of severe GVHD at 1-year post-HCT and corresponding 95% confidence interval among enrolled and eligible patients randomly assigned to either HAPLO or MUD arms who actually undergo HTC.
Recruiting
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