CCEP for Clinicians

CCEP is designed to help pediatric health care providers answer questions from parents and caregivers about environmental influences on childhood cancers, including leukemia.

We train pediatric oncology fellows and nurse practitioners, providing tools for practical guidance to prevent toxic chemical exposures associated with childhood cancer risk. With additional knowledge, pediatric healthcare providers make a positive impact on patients’ health through counseling on protective personal actions. Examples include:

• Recommending they avoid common household toxicants, such as pesticides;
• advising they take vitamins and folate in the period before conception and during pregnancy;
• informing families of children undergoing chemotherapy about the increased risk for respiratory illness from particulate air pollution, so that they can make protective choices when air quality is poor.

View our resources for clinicians below.

“In our work on childhood cancer, we have discovered that clinicians want to know that the science supports a sound basis for including environmental risk factors in discussions, and they want clear action items they can implement in practice.”

MARK MILLER, MD, MPH, CCEP PROGRAM LEAD