By Caroline Martins | Project Leader
The Children's Cancer Institute (ICI) is a non-profit organization that acts to increase the chances of cure of childhood cancer. Reference in the care of children and adolescents with cancer, provides all the necessary help for the continuity of treatment. Through ICI, patients are supported by a multidisciplinary team, as well as assistance with medications, special exams, clothing, footwear and food. In 2016, ICI inaugurated its new Headquarters. The Integrated Support Center has enabled the institution to expand the services offered by assisting cancer patients from five Oncology Centers, including the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Conceição Hospital Group, São Lucas Hospital of PUCRS, São Vicente de Paulo Hospital ( Passo Fundo) and General Hospital of Caxias.
Working together with partner hospitals aims to offer more quality of life and all the support needed during treatment, welcoming and assisting patients and family members from the very first diagnosis. To this end, the Center for Patient Care of the Institute has professionals in the areas of social services, physiotherapy, speech therapy, nutrition, dentistry, pedagogy, psychopedagogy, psychology, legal nucleus, functional training, among others. ICI also has a structure of volunteers and a pedagogical team capable of working in recreation spaces, hospitals and the Integrated Support Center. Several projects, activities and festivities are carried out, developing socialization and expanding knowledge through actions that arouse the interest of patients and their families.
ICI also invests and grows in the area of Scientific Research, developing projects dedicated to the advancement of new treatments, always seeking to increase the chances of cure of childhood cancer. There are different types of research, and therefore, the ICI Research Unit is structured in distinct nuclei: Cellular and Molecular Research, Clinical Research and Epidemiological Research. In 2016, the area expanded partnerships with several centers in Latin America. The institution is now the coordinator of two protocols, Treatment of Hodgkin Lymphoma in Children and Adolescents and Sarcoma De Ewing.
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