July 26th 2023
An expert in pediatric hematology and oncology discusses the important role of a child’s medical home in diagnosing and treating these disorders.
September 9th 2021
Caregivers reported different symptom burden than child during cancer treatment
August 27th 2020Reporting symptom burden and pain can be fairly subjective and they can become even more subjective when reported by proxy. A report examines how caregiver reports vary from a child’s report during treatment of pediatric cancer.
Parents and health care providers need to cheerlead the HPV vaccine for their teens
August 3rd 2020The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is the key to a major public health victory, but the vaccine coverage has been less than effective. A report offers some answer to how parental intent has made an impact.
Paternal smoking raises risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia
May 7th 2020Paternal smoking before conception or during pregnancy are both associated with increased risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in offspring, and the risk is significant when daily smoking consumption is higher than a certain threshold, according to a recent meta-analysis.
Forward progress seen in pediatric cancer survival rates
March 11th 2020A cancer diagnosis no longer means the grim prognosis for children that once might have happened. However, 2 recent studies illustrate that although progress has been made, there is still opportunity to improve cancer survival rates.
Recognize & Refer: Focus on retinoblastoma
November 25th 2019This month’s spotlight is Pediatric Oncology as Contemporary Pediatrics sits down exclusively with pediatric oncologist Lisa Diller, MD, vice chair, Clinical Affairs, and medical director, Clinical Cancer and Blood Disorders Service Line, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, to discuss the one key condition for which she believes community pediatricians should be especially aware-retinoblastoma.
Does pediatric psoriasis increase cancer risk? (VIDEO)
November 10th 2017For Contemporary Pediatrics, Dr Bobby Lazzara discusses a large retrospective cohort study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology that examined whether children with pediatric psoriasis are at increased risk of cancer and discusses 2 caveats to the findings.