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Percutaneous CT-guided cordotomy for the treatment of pediatric cancer pain

Percutaneous cordotomy using CT guidance has been shown to be a safe and effective means of reducing pain in adults with cancer in 2 large case series. Its effectiveness in pediatric patients, however, has not been reported. Here, the authors present…

Practice patterns of palliative radiation therapy in pediatric oncology patients in an international pediatric research consortium

Background/Objectives: The practice of palliative radiation therapy (RT) is based on extrapolation from adult literature. We evaluated patterns of pediatric palliative RT to describe regimens used to identify opportunity for future pediatric-specific…

Tags: 2017, Alcorn SR, Anesthesia, Article, Brain Metastasis, Cancer Patient, Chen MJ, Chen Q, Child, Childhood Cancer/rt [radiotherapy], Cone Beam Computed Tomography, Conformal Radiotherapy, Dieckmann K, Electron Therapy, Ependymoma, Ermoian RP, Ewing Sarcoma, Figueiredo MLS, Ford EC, Health Survey, Histopathology, Human, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, Intestine Obstruction, Kobyzeva D, Ladra MM, Leukemia, Lymphoma, MacDonald SM, Major Clinical Study, Malignant Neoplasm, Medulloblastoma, Metastasis, Nechesnyuk AV, Neuroblastoma, Nilsson K, Oncology 2017 List, Osteosarcoma, Pain, Palliative Therapy, Pediatric Blood and Cancer, Primary Tumor, Priority Journal, Proton Therapy, Radiation Dose Fractionation, Radiosensitivity, Rao AD, Re-irradiation, Respiratory Tract Disease, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Spinal Cord Compression, Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, Stomach Distension, Terezakis SA, Villar RC, Winey BA

Late Effects of Treatment and Palliative Care

Identifying late effects of treatment and integrating palliative care when appropriate are increasingly recognized as important elements of childhood tumor management. Patients with CNS tumors are at a high risk for mortality, and survivors have high…

Tags: 147-94-4 (cytarabine), 154-93-8 (carmustine), 15475-56-6 (methotrexate), 15663-27-1 (cisplatin), 2017, 26035-31-4 (cisplatin), 59-05-2 (methotrexate), 69-74-9 (cytarabine), 7413-34-5 (methotrexate), 96081-74-2 (cisplatin), Advance Care Planning, Appetite Disorder, Banerjee A, Bone Density, Brain Tumor, Carmustine, Central Nervous System Tumor, Chang E, Childhood Cancer Survivor, Cisplatin, Constipation, Corticosteroid, Cytarabine, Diarrhea, Dyspnea, Endocrine Disease, Fatigue, Genetic Polymorphism, Goldsby R, Health Care Quality, Human, Incidence, Medical Decision Making, Medulloblastoma, Methotrexate, Morbidity, Mortality Rate, Mueller S, Nausea And Vomiting, Neuroectoderm Tumor, Neuropathic Pain, Neuropsychological Test, November 2017 List, Pain Assessment, Palliative Therapy, Patient Care, Pediatric Oncology, Phase 1 Clinical Trial (topic), Priority Journal, Psychosocial Disorder, Quality Of Life, Questionnaire, Radiation Injury, Respiration Depression, Seizure, Signal Transduction, Spasticity

Browse Items (3 total)

Percutaneous CT-guided cordotomy for the treatment of pediatric cancer pain

Practice patterns of palliative radiation therapy in pediatric oncology patients in an international pediatric research consortium

Late Effects of Treatment and Palliative Care