Early sun exposure in pediatric and adolescent years predisposes individuals to skin cancer, provider counseling about photoprotective behaviors can reduce this risk both children adults. In the United States, people with dark tones have higher mortality rates from yet there is a lower incidence of malignancies these populations. Research suggests due inadequate understanding medical training r...

abstract background: varicella is a highly contagious and dangerous disease especially in immunocompromised patients. children with cancer are at increased risk of severe illness and may fatal cases occur. vaccination from vzv ( varicella zoster vaccine) infection can be safe, immunogenic, and effective in children with leukemia who meet the criteria and are at the risk of serious disease or de...

Pediatric brain tumors are the most common solid tumors in children and are also a leading culprit of cancer-related fatalities in children. Pediatric brain tumors remain hard to treat. In this study, we demonstrated that medulloblastoma, pediatric glioblastoma, and atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors express significant levels of acid ceramidase, where levels are highest in the radioresistant tu...

The value of pediatric nuclear medicine is well established. Pediatric patients are referred to nuclear medicine from nearly all pediatric specialties including urology, oncology, cardiology, gastroenterology, and orthopedics. Radiation exposure is associated with a potential, small, risk of inducing cancer in the patient later in life and is higher in younger patients. Recently, there has been...

Attention to the pain that occurs during treatments and procedures for pediatric patients with cancer continues to be a priority. This article describes the development of a pain effectiveness outcome measure at an academic pediatric medical center in order to inform about the implementation of quality improvement strategies and evaluate the effect of these pain interventions within the hospita...

1Department of Pediatric Oncology, 2Center for Outcomes and Policy Research, and 3Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; 4Department of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, MA; 5Department of Pediatrics, Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St Vincent, Indianapolis, IN; and 6Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Children’s Hos...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acute leukemia is the most common pediatric malignancy. Despite the significant progress in the treatment of infectious complications, infection-related morbidity and mortality continue to be of great importance. Prompt initiation of the appropriate empiric antibiotic treatment has improved infection outcome. The aim of the present study is to assess the type, frequency, ...

Background: Malnutrition is known to be a poor prognostic factor affecting the outcome of pediatric cancers. The objective this study was assess pre-existing malnutrition in newly diagnosed cancer patients presenting at Pediatric Oncology Department, Children Hospital, PIMS and their number hospital admissions due causes other than chemotherapy.
 Methodology: Data 44 children with analyzed...

background  it is remain a main concern that pediatric chest radiographies contribute to the significant radiation exposure to the thyroid gland as a more susceptible organ to radiation induced cancer. the aim of this study was to evaluate the entrance surface dose (esd) of pediatric chest radiography compared to the diagnostic reference levels (drl) and evaluation the efficacy of the lead (pb)...

calcium metabolic disorders, such as hypercalcemia is a potentially life-threatening disorder especially when coupled with an already compromised condition. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic calcium disorders in childhood cancers of patients admitted to the pediatric ward of vali-asr hospital from the year 2001-2008. the study was carried out by reviewing hospit...