childhood cancer survivorsbone marrow transplantationThe posttraumatic stress model has recently been applied to understand the impact of life-threatening illness in adults and in children. From 1991 to 2001, 20 studies have reported posttraumatic stress symptoms and/or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD...
26, 27 Without the means to comprehensively measure symptoms, the epidemiology of symptoms in childhood cancer is poorly characterized and symptom intervention trials, other than those evaluating antiemetics for postchemotherapy nausea and vomiting28, 29, 30, 31, 32 are lacking. The objectives of ...
Childhood cancer mortality rates have decreased dramatically between 1960 and 1997.1., 2., 3. This decrease can be attributed to improved therapy.1., 3. The multimodal therapy, however, can be quite intense; children may experience both short- and long-term illness and treatment symptoms.3.,...
Guidelines describing symptoms in children that should alert GPs to consider cancer have been developed, but without any supporting primary-care research.To identify symptoms and signs in primary care that strongly increase the likelihood of childhood cancer, to assist GPs in selection of children for...
We examined symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer and their mothers and the contribution of family functioning, including perceived emotional support and familial conflict, and individual factors including life stress and severity of disease to PTSD sy...
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is one of the more common forms of childhood cancer, but it affects adults, too. It can be in different areas of the body, which means the symptoms of the disease can vary. For example,lymphomain your abdomen cancause painand swelling in your gut, while skin lymp...
Although treatments forchildhood cancerhave improved significantly, even leading to cures for many patients, many children still suffer from symptoms such as pain, anxiety, and weight loss related tocancerand its treatment. Over the last decade,cannabis products—both synthetic cannabinoids and natural ...
Childhood Leukemia Childhood leukemia, the most common type ofcancerin children andteens, is a cancer of the white blood cells. Abnormal whiteblood cellsform in the bone marrow. They quickly travel through the bloodstream and crowd out healthy cells. This raises the body's chances of infection ...
Accordingly, a longitudinal qualitative study was undertaken between July 1998 and December 2000 to explore and describe the childhood cancer symptom course from the perspectives of children and their families. The study was conducted in three settings: the participants' homes and both an inpatient ...
To describe the childhood cancer symptom course experienced by children with cancer from the perspectives of the children and their families. Longitudinal, qualitative research approach. The participants' homes and inpatient and outpatient pediatric cancer units in western Canada. A theoretical purposive sa...