Children Are Born to Dance! Pediatric Medical Dance/Movement Therapy: The View from Integrative Pediatric Oncology

Invasive Aspergillosis in Pediatric Hematology Oncology Ward

Background: Patients with prolonged neutropenia and/or severe underlying immunosuppression are at thegreatest risk for disseminated aspergillosis. This study was undertaken to determine the incidence of invasiveaspergillosis by Platelia Aspergillus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA kit in high risk children admitted tothe hematology ward of Dr. Faghihi hospital, Shiraz University of Medic...

Pediatric oncology.

This series provides up-to-date information on important topics in pediatric oncology, from the diagnosis and treatment of particular forms of disease through to, for example, radiation oncology, supportive care, and survivorship. The entire spectrum of clinical management is covered with the aim of equipping readers with the latest knowledge relevant to daily practice. In addition, clinical, m...

Pediatric Oncology

Correspondence: Richard J. Gilbertson, M.D., Ph.D., Departments of Developmental Neurobiology and Hematology/Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale Street, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA. Telephone: 901-495-3913; Fax: 901-4952270; e-mail: [email protected] Received March 28, 2005; accepted for publication June 6, 2005. ©AlphaMed Press 10837159/2005/$12.00/...

Pediatric Oncology

Play Therapy to Control Pain and Suffering in Pediatric Oncology

“Pain can be defined as an unpleasant sensation and an emotional experience endowed of a negative affective tone, associated with a potential or real tissue damage and, anyway, described in relation to this damage” (1). In other words, pain is perceived as such by each individual. Whatever its origin, it provides defense mechanisms and protective reactions, which modify the psychological trauma...