Pediatric Oncology

Palliation

Questions discussed in this category

What is your response to the question, "Is this terminal?"

How do you "have the talk" in a way that is straightforward without emotionally crushing the patient?

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Is there an age cut off below you would not treat a keloid with radiation post surgical excision?

Assuming it has previously been treated with excision and steroid injections? Is it reasonable to treat a bothersome keloid in a pediatric patient aft...

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What is your strategy for breakthrough chemotherapy induced N&V in patients receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy and already received a NK-1 antagonist, 5-HT3 antagonist, dexamethasone, and olanzapine?

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At what point in a pediatric patient's cancer treatment should palliative care teams become involved in their care?

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How do you decide the right time to transition to hospice?

Obviously, patient and caregiver preferences are paramount. But, what factors do you consider? Does expanded hospice (e.g., Medicare Care Choices) inf...

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Should I treat a patient who doesn't know she has cancer?

My patient’s family has asked that I don’t tell her that she has metastatic cancer because it will devastate her. I am planning on palliat...

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Papers discussed in this category

Gynecol Oncol, 2019 Aug 16

Advanced communication: A critical component of high quality gynecologic cancer care: A Society of Gynecologic Oncology evidence based review and guide.

JAMA,

The care of the patient.

Br J Radiol,

The risks of treating keloids with radiotherapy.

Burns, 2014 Apr 24

Up-to-date approach to manage keloids and hypertrophic scars: a useful guide.

Pediatrics, 2013-01

Nine-month-old patient with bilateral earlobe keloids.

Pediatrics, 2016-02

Scar Management in the Pediatric and Adolescent Populations.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2018-09-01

Dose Effect in Adjuvant Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Resected Keloids.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2012-03-10

American Society of Clinical Oncology provisional clinical opinion: the integration of palliative care into standard oncology care.

The New England journal of medicine, 2010-08-19

Early palliative care for patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer.

Pediatric blood & cancer, 2016-08

Feasibility of Early Palliative Care Consultation for Children With High-Risk Malignancies.

JAMA oncology, 2017-09-01

Patients' and Parents' Needs, Attitudes, and Perceptions About Early Palliative Care Integration in Pediatric Oncology.

JAMA Oncol,

Pediatric Palliative Care-A Shared Priority.

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2011-10

Efficacy and tolerability of transdermal granisetron for the control of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting associated with moderately and highly emetogenic multi-day chemotherapy: a randomized, double-blind, phase III study.

Journal of oncology practice, 2019-01

Putting Integrative Oncology Into Practice: Concepts and Approaches.

Support Care Cancer, 2021 Aug 16

MASCC antiemetics in advanced cancer updated guideline.

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