Early access to care is essential to improve survival rates for childhood cancer. This study
evaluates the determinants of delays in childhood cancer care in low‐and middle‐income …

Simple Summary About 4 million children with an oncological disease worldwide require
palliative care due to the nature of their condition. The WHO defines pediatric palliative care …

Importance The World Health Organization (WHO) designates early integration of palliative
care as an ethical responsibility in the treatment of children with serious illness. Although …

Background Globally, children with cancer often experience delays in palliative care referral
or are infrequently referred. Therefore, we conducted a qualitative study to gain insight from …

Background Although a significant proportion of children with cancer need palliative care,
few are referred or referred late, with oncologists and haematologists gatekeeping the …

Background: Integration of palliative care (PC) in cancer management is critical to improving
the overall quality of life of cancer patients and their families. Nevertheless, only a few …

Palliative care (PC) aims to improve quality of life (QOL) for patients with serious illness and
their families by recognizing and alleviating the physical, emotional, social, existential, and …

PURPOSE The global pediatric oncology clinical research landscape, particularly in Central
and South America, Africa, and Asia, which bear the highest burden of global childhood …

This paper explores the ethical dimension of the opportunity to offer improved electronic
patient-reported outcome (ePRO) systems addressing personal needs of pediatric cancer …

Context Early palliative care (EPC) is widely recommended but its implementation may be
challenging. Objectives We conducted a qualitative analysis of Canadian palliative care …