Background: Families are willing to spend their entire lives improving their children due to emotional attachments, which, in turn, increases their exposure to catastrophic health expenditures (CHEs). The present study aimed to estimate the level of exposure to CHEs and its determinants among households with pediatric cancer and oncology disorders. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional s...

Goal: This study aims to explore how healthcare professionals perceive home-based pediatric cancer care provided in French. Methodology: A qualitative descriptive was conducted using semi-directed individual interviews of 22 professionals. thematic analysis the transcribed carried out independently by two members research team. Findings: Pediatric is readily available French Quebec, but access ...

abstract objective: several studies have been published on the epidemiology of childhood malignancies worldwide. the primary objective of this study is to determine the relative frequency of pediatric cancers in iran. methods: using a retrospective approach, all confirmed cases of malignancies aged 14 years old or less at the time of first referral to the department of radiation oncology of jor...

Drugs and biologics developed to treat children with cancer have been historically developed in adults for adult indications. Although leading to many useful drugs and biologics to treat pediatric cancer, future development of molecularly targeted therapies (MTTs) should be directed toward pediatric tumors more specifically to maximize antitumor efficacy while minimizing acute morbidity and lon...

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy in children and adoles‐ cents. Although the basis of the thyroid cancer management in children is the same as those of the adults, thyroid cancer may behave different in pediatric population than adults. Unlike adults, children usually present with more advanced disease and the risk of recurrence and metastases are higher. However, the prog...

1Division of Hematology and Oncology, Sainte-Justine Hospital, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2Departments of Pediatric Oncology, Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; 3Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; 4Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, McMaster University, Hamil...

BACKGROUND Extensive patient and family education is required at the time of a new diagnosis of pediatric cancer yet little data exist regarding the availability and linguistic competency of new cancer diagnosis education provided by pediatric oncology institutions. PROCEDURE Using the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO) membership list, a web-based survey was conducted ...

Cancer is a major cause of childhood death, with central nervous system (CNS) neoplasms being the second most common pediatric malignancy, following hematological cancer. Treatment of pediatric CNS malignancies requires multimodal treatment using a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, and advances in these treatments have given favorable results and longer survival. However, ...

Abstract Background In cancer patients, various infections were developed due to severe neutropenia resulted from chemotherapy. Ceftazidime is commonly used as monotherapy of cancer patients with fever and neutropenia. Meropenem is a new carbapenem with more extended antibacterial spectrum including anaerobes. It provides better coverage against gram positives. This trial compared the efficac...

Objectives: Some of the mothers of children with cancer suffer from reactive depression and confront existential crises, and benefit from their image of God in coping with it. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of spiritually-oriented cognitive therapy on reducing depression symptoms in mothers of children with cancer. Methods: A single case experimental design and ...