Melissa M. Hudson
Because of remarkable progress in therapy, long-term survival is expected for 80% of children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer. Infertility remains one of the most common and life-altering complications experienced by adults treated for cancer during childhood. Surgery, radiation, or chemothera...
Liam Murray, P McCarron, K. Bailie, Rachel Middleton et al.
In a historical cohort study of all singleton live births in Northern Ireland from 1971–86 (n=434 933) associations between early life factors and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia were investigated. Multivariable analyses showed a positive association between high paternal age (⩾35 years) and...
Pia Hardelid, Nirupa Dattani, Ruth Gilbert
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the proportion of children who die with chronic conditions and examine time trends in childhood deaths involving chronic conditions. DESIGN: Retrospective population-based death cohort study using linked death certificates and hospital discharge records. SETTING: England, Sco...
Sonia Saxena, Joseph Eliahoo, Azeem Majeed
OBJECTIVES: To examine whether self reported health status and use of health services varies in children of different social class and ethnic group. DESIGN: Cross sectional study from the 1999 health survey for England. SUBJECTS: 6648 children and young adults aged 2-20 years. SETTING: Private house...
Christopher G. McCusker, Nicola Doherty, Bernadette Molloy, N. Rooney et al.
OBJECTIVE: To report on a randomized controlled trial of psychological interventions to promote adjustment in children with congenital heart disease and their families. METHOD: Following baseline assessment, 90 children (aged 4-5 years) and their families were randomly assigned to an Intervention or...
Kathleen Montgomery, Kathleen J. Sawin, Verna L. Hendricks‐Ferguson
BACKGROUND: Communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers is a central component of end-of-life care. Nurse communication during palliative care (PC) and end of life (EOL) is a phenomenon with limited research. It is unclear how the level of nursing experience influences the per...
Sally L. Maliski, Linda Sarna, Lorraine S. Evangelista, Geraldine Padilla
Little is known about the experience of surviving lung cancer because of its low survival rate. However, 14% of the people with a diagnosis of lung cancer become long-term survivors. This study describes the experience of surviving lung cancer as told by a subsample of survivors from a larger quanti...
Tasneem Karim, Israt Jahan, Rachael Dossetor, Nguyễn Thị Hương Giang et al.
BACKGROUND: Lack of evidence on the burden and risk factors for malnutrition among children with cerebral palsy (CP) in Vietnam limits evidence-based interventions. We aimed to define the nutritional status of children with CP in Vietnam. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study utilized data from active pr...
Daniel M. Green, Liang Zhu, Mingjuan Wang, Kirsten K. Ness et al.
RATIONALE: The relationship between treatment-related impairment of pulmonary function in adult survivors of childhood cancer and subsequent physical function has not been studied. OBJECTIVES: In this prospective evaluation of 606 adult survivors of childhood cancer, we sought to determine the risk ...
Megan Doherty, Chloé Thabet
BACKGROUND: Palliative care is recognized as an important component of care for children with cancer and other life-limiting conditions. In resource limited settings, palliative care is a key component of care for children with cancer and other life-limiting conditions. Globally, 98% of children who...
Nichola McCullough, Jackie Parkes
OBJECTIVE: To review the psychometric performance of the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) in samples of children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD: Four search terms were applied to five databases in a search for papers published between 1993 and January 2007. RESULTS: A total of 13 papers were ident...
Mohammad Sorowar Hossain, Mamtaz Begum, Md. Mahmuduzzaman Mian, Shameema Ferdous et al.
BACKGROUND: Cancer burden among children and adolescents is largely unknown in Bangladesh. This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview on childhood and adolescent cancers and to contribute to the future strategies to deal with these diseases in Bangladesh. METHODS: Data on malignant neoplasm...
CR Pinkerton, S. G. Welshman, J.G. Kelly, R.G. Shanks et al.
Serum methotrexate (MTX) concentrations were measured by immunoassay in 28 children receiving maintenance therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Patients were studied either after a single weekly dose or on the first day of a 5-day course of treatment. A standard dose (15 mg/m2) was given PO and...
Jayne Price, Joanne Jordan, Lindsay Prior
The objective of this study was to investigate health and social care professionals' perspectives on developing services for children with life limiting conditions at the end-of-life using issues identified by bereaved parents as priorities. The study adopted qualitative methodology using nominal gr...
Lisanne C. Verbruggen, Yuehan Wang, Saro H. Armenian, Matthew J. Ehrhardt et al.
Childhood, adolescent, and young adult (CAYA) cancer survivors may be at risk for a severe course of COVID-19. Little is known about the clinical course of COVID-19 in CAYA cancer survivors, or if additional preventive measures are warranted. We established a working group within the International L...