Background: Despite standardization in disease assessments and curative interventions for
childhood cancer, palliative assessments and psychosocial interventions remain diverse …

Background Compassion and collaborative practice are individually associated with high
quality healthcare. When combined in a compassionate collaborative care (CCC) practice …

If ever there was an area requiring that the research-practice gap be bridged, surely it occurs
where thanatologists engage with people dealing with human mortality and loss. The field of …

The incidence of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) increases progressively with age.
Favorable genetic mutations are most prevalent in children, and unfavorable profiles …

BACKGROUND. Data on the impact of age in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients< 30
years treated in pediatric and adult trials are scarce. METHODS. In all, 891 patients< 18 …

Background: Age-related complex medical conditions have been commonly reported among
adolescents and young adults with advanced life-limiting illness. There is increasing interest …

Patient-related barriers to reporting pain and using analgesics (eg, fear of addiction) can
detrimentally affect pain management for adolescents with cancer. However, adolescent …

With the development of an integrated treatment approach, the cure rate and survival of
patients with Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) is now high. Treatment tailored to stage, using …

Investigators have examined barriers to pain management in adults with cancer, but these
patient-related barriers have rarely been studied in adolescents. This article summarizes 2 …

OBJECTIVE: To study the willingness of Dutch physicians to use potentially life-shortening
or lethal drugs for severely ill children. STUDY DESIGN: We asked 63 pediatricians about …