Cure with Dr. Will Parsons: Managing Childhood Cancer Treatment’s Late Effects

For a child diagnosed with cancer, cure is the ultimate goal. However, as modern medicine pushes survival rates higher than ever before, the medical community is facing a new, lifelong challenge: managing the late effects of the very treatments that saved these young lives.

CURE spoke with Dr. Will Parsons, Chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at Baylor College of Medicine and Director of Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Center. Parsons discussed how the field is evolving beyond acute treatment to focus on decades of health.