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The Reid R. Sacco Adolescent & Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Program at Tufts Medical Center was created 7 years ago and the team has shared the creation and model of care in a recent publication.

Injuries and ailments are common this time of year.

The financial impact of cancer, during treatment as well as during the years of long-term follow-up care, is experienced by many patients and survivors. AYAs may be further negatively impacted as they are historically the largest proportion of uninsured or underinsured patients.

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Tufts Medical Center Collaboration Published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

While your child may not stress over the things you stress over, they still experience stress + are just as affected by stress as adults are.

When Justin Williams, 28, walked into his local emergency room in October of 2018, he was shocked to learn that the pain he was experiencing was not from the minor car accident he was in the day before. The physicians suspected cancer.

As vaping illnesses continue to arise, Dr. Sucharita Kher, shares why the ban on vaping sales is important and how to talk with teens about smoking.

On Monday, October 25, 2021 the CDC published an update to the Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines with a focus on Booster Dose. Below are answers to commonly asked questions.

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in both 2020 and 2021, approximately 200,000 children were seen in emergency departments across the country for toy-related injuries. We sat down with pediatrician Charles Hannum, MD to talk about the most dangerous toys of the year. By recognizing the dangers and hazards associated with toys, injuries are preventable.

The Wellforce Health System today announced it plans to convert its 41 Tufts Children’s Hospital pediatric inpatient beds to much-needed adult ICU and medical/surgical beds.

Dr. Adam Weston, an infectious disease specialist at Lowell General Hospital and a clinical leader in the hospitals’ pandemic response discusses the latest updates on 3rd dose and booster shots as well as the outlook for COVID-19 this fall.

National Cancer Institute Grant Awarded to Tufts Medical Center and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Collaborators.

Boston magazine has honored 149 Tufts Medical Center physicians as 2020 Boston “Top Doctors.”

Tufts Medicine and Acadia Healthcare Company, the largest standalone provider of behavioral health services in the U.S., announced that they are forming a joint venture to build a 144-bed inpatient behavioral health facility on the site of the former Malden Hospital in Malden, Mass.

Boston Magazine has honored 154 Tufts Medical Center physicians as 2022 Boston “Top Doctors.”

Boston Magazine has honored 157 Tufts Medical Center physicians as 2021 Boston “Top Doctors.”

While families reported disruptions and added stress, many also noted positive experiences that help build resilience in a survey conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics and partnering organizations.

Ruby was diagnosed with late-stage neuroblastoma, a type of cancer found in the small glands on top of the kidneys, when she was three. She is now 7 and playing on her swing set.