Palliative and Supportive Care
Fig. 11.1 The integration of disease-targeted and paediatric palliative care [2] There is a tremendous need for the integration of palliative care into paediatric oncology services in developing countries. This…
Psycho-Social Aspects/Parent Support Groups
Daniela Cristina Stefan and Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo (eds.)Pediatric Hematology-Oncology in Countries with Limited Resources2014A Practical Manual10.1007/978-1-4614-3891-5_12 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 12. Psycho-Social Aspects/Parent Support Groups Kenneth Dollman1 , Wondu Bekele2 and Kazuyo Watanabe3 (1) The International Confederation…
Childhood Cancer in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries in the Twenty-First Century
Daniela Cristina Stefan and Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo (eds.)Pediatric Hematology-Oncology in Countries with Limited Resources2014A Practical Manual10.1007/978-1-4614-3891-5_1 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 1. Childhood Cancer in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries in the Twenty-First Century Daniela Cristina Stefan1 …
The Role of Twinning Programs and Telemedicine in Pediatric Oncology
Challenge Ways to overcome challenge Treatment abandonment Provide guest housing for patients and parents Provide food for patients and parents Organize parent support groups Assist with cost of transportation Set…
The Role of International Organizations on Collaboration for Global Pediatric Cancer Control
Daniela Cristina Stefan and Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo (eds.)Pediatric Hematology-Oncology in Countries with Limited Resources2014A Practical Manual10.1007/978-1-4614-3891-5_3 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 3. The Role of International Organizations on Collaboration for Global Pediatric Cancer Control…
Hematological Malignancies in the Elderly: The Epidemiological Perspective
Fig. 1.1 Hematopoietic system cancers: incidence and mortality in the aged 70 years and more vs. the less than 70 years ones by site and gender (proportion per 100). HL…
General Consideration on Radiotherapy in Older Patients with Hematological Malignancies
Fig. 16.1 Shows the distribution dose during radiotherapy of an old female patient who was diagnosed with pelvic lesion from high grade lymphoma and who was unable to support the…
Geriatric Assessment
Component Reason for assessment Elements for assessment Method of evaluation Function Functional status measures how independent a patient is and is a key factor for determining treatment success or failure…
Supportive Care in Older Patients with Hematological Malignancies
High (emesis risk >90 % without antiemetics) Carmustine, BCNU Lomustine Cisplatin Mechlorethamine Cyclophosphamide (>1,500 mg/m2) Pentostatin Dacarbazine, DTIC Procarbazine Moderate (emesis risk 30–90 % without antiemetics) Azacytidine Doxorubicin Alemtuzumab Imatinib…
The Challenge of Treating Elderly Patients with Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Points Age (years) ECOG performance status LDH/ULN Leukocytes (×109/L) 0 <50 0–1 <0.670 6,700 1 50–59 – 0.670–0.999 6,700–9,999 2 60–69 2–4 1.000–1.499 10,000–14,999 3 >69 – >1.499 >14,999 Risk…
