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Wendy A. Rhoades is a pediatric hematology-oncology physician who blogs at Beyond the Coat.

The financial hole for patients begins on the first day of diagnosis

Wendy A. Rhoades, MD
Physician
February 26, 2020

I pushed open the door with a huge smile on my face while my eyes searched the room for the chubby toddler that was my patient. One sweep across the roomful of siblings, and my eyes stopped on the child crinkling the paper on the examination table. I could see the long, smooth scar poking out from beneath the hemline of her skirt.

She smiled and waved at me with a skinny, …

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The financial hole for patients begins on the first day of diagnosis

10 things a pediatric oncologist wants you to know

Wendy A. Rhoades, MD
Conditions
September 17, 2018

1. Cancer is not rare.  Technically, childhood cancer is rare compared to adult cancer, but it’s not as rare as you think.   Outside of my work, I can think of 3 people who I know personally that had a childhood cancer.  A teammate on my high school basketball team, my sister-in-law, and a high school debate teammate.   My guess is that you also know someone from church, a coworker’s …

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