OBJECTIVE To examine the acceptability and feasibility of coding observed verbal and nonverbal behavioral and emotional components of mother-child communication among families of children with cancer. METHODS Mother-child dyads (N=33, children ages 5-17 years) were asked to engage in a videotaped 15-min conversation about the child's cancer. Coding was done using the Iowa Family Interaction R...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The scattered radiation from the treatment volume might be more significant for children than for adults and, as a consequence, modern radiotherapy treatment techniques such as IMRT and passive proton therapy could potentially increase the number of secondary cancers. In this report, secondary cancer risk resulting from new treatment technologies was estimated for an adul...

PURPOSE To identify how child maltreatment is associated with quality of life (QOL) among breast cancer survivors. PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundred and thirty two women who had completed treatment for stage 0-IIIA breast cancer within the past 2 years (except for tamoxifen/aromatase inhibitors) and were at least 2 months post surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy completed questionnaires includ...

background: religion, spiritual well-being and hope are concepts that are frequently used as a source of coping in patients with cancer. however, few studies have examined these factors with independent measurement devices. aim: to determine the relationship between religion, spiritual wellbeing, hope and quality of life in cancer patients admitted to omid’s hospital in urmia city from august t...

cerebral stroke is a rare disease in children. moyamoya (mm) is one of the infrequent cerebrovascular diseases with unknown etiology. we report an 8 year-old-boy with chief complain of sudden onset bilateral parietal lobe headache. he mentioned that his headache was first started about three weeks ago and was associated with visual disturbance. his mother declared that the boy developed gait pr...

Cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell proliferation manifested tumor formation, which physiological disorder. Childhood cancer the leading cause of death in children. Following World Health Organization's emphasis on child health, most governments around world have taken measures to facilitate childhood research. With advent multimodality therapy, it seen that rate from has dec...

The use of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) has been well documented among children with cancer. This report summarizes the research evidence on the role of CAM therapies for prevention and treatment of the most commonly reported cancer-related symptoms and late effects among children with cancer. Small clinical trials document evidence of effectiveness for select therapies, such as acu...

Background Born of a child with hearing loss is a stressful and unexpected experience for the parents. Understanding the experience of the mothers of children with hearing loss is a crucial to provide an appropriate care for this group of mothers.This study aimed to understand the concerns of the mothers who have a child with congenitally hearing loss. Materials and Methods In this qualitative...

IMPORTANCE Parent psychological distress can impact the well-being of childhood cancer patients and other children in the home. Recognizing and alleviating factors of parent distress may improve overall family survivorship experiences following childhood cancer. OBJECTIVES To describe the prevalence and factors of psychological distress (PD) among parents of children with advanced cancer. D...