Genetic Oncology Program

If you or a family member has ever battled cancer, you may wonder if there is an increased chance that your children or future children may be at risk also.

At Cook Children’s Hematology and Oncology Center, we offer a multi disciplinary Genetic Oncology Program that provides comprehensive care and counseling to children and their families with a genetic predisposition to cancer. This program is one of only a few Genetic Oncology Clinics in the U.S. Our approach is a collaboration among pediatric oncologists, geneticists, genetic counselors, social workers, Child Life Specialists, clinical therapists and nutritionists. Through this team of experts, they are able to provide education, guidance, therapy and routine cancer surveillance studies when indicated for children with a predisposition to cancer.

Cancer predisposition syndromes treated

Ataxia telangiectasia (AT)
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS)
Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency
Costello syndrome
DICER 1 syndrome
Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
Hemihyperplasia
Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer syndrome (HLRCC)
Infantile fibromatosis
Li-Fraumeni Syndrome
Lynch syndrome
Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes (MEN)
Noonan syndrome
Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN)
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
Rothmund Thomson
Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome

Check out more information on Cook Children's Genetic Oncology Program
Read the article New Clinic Identifies Genetic Risks of Cancer for Patients in our Checkup Newsroom

Oncology patients treated

Tumor type with strong hereditary component (Examples: Solid tumors, sarcomas such as Wilms' tumor, hepatoblastoma (HBL) and pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB))
Early-onset tumor (adult-type cancer in a child)
Concerning family history
Life after cancer program patients

Services offered

Family history consultations
Education on cancer genetics and testing
Assist families with cancer screenings
Review cancer history with family to identify relatives with potential risk
Provide enrollment in ongoing clinical research
Genetic counseling and support

Meet the team

Candace Gamble, MD

Genetics

4.9 out of 5

59 Ratings

Accepting new patients

682-885-2170

Kelly Vallance, MD, MPH

Hematology and Oncology

Accepting new patients

682-885-4007

Lisa Bashore
PhD, APRN CPNP-PC
Lisa Guerra
MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC
Amy Thomas
MS, CGC
Kaitlin Smith
MSN, RN, CPHON

We are here to help.

If your child has been diagnosed, you probably have lots of questions. We can help. If you would like to schedule an appointment, refer a patient or speak to our staff, please call our offices at 682-885-6152.