Quality of Life and Management of Pediatric Cancer
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Oncology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 4340
Special Issue Editors
Interests: palliative care; research methodology; consensus approaches; cancer; pediatrics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Worldwide, more than 4 million children suffer from oncological disease. In this setting, pediatric palliative care (PPC) must not be limited to the terminality period, but it should be rather established as early as possible and continue over the disease trajectory, regardless of treatment administration, with the aim to improve the quality of life of patients and their families (see Benini et al, Cancers 2022).
The Special Issue ‘Quality of life and Management of Pediatric Cancer’ aims at collecting, in a single editorial effort, experiences and well-grounded opinions on the management of pediatric cancers from all over the world. In particular, studies concerning the early establishment of PPC in the oncology setting would be welcome.
Our audience is multidisciplinary and composed of oncologists, palliative care specialists, nurses and psychologists with an interest in PPC.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Current Oncology.
Dr. Luca Giacomelli
Dr. Momcilo Jankovic
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pediatric palliative care
- oncology
- quality of life
- early management
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Title: Home Management of End of Life Oncologic Pediatric Patients: A Short Review and Italian Local Experience
Authors: Alessandra Brugiolo
Affiliation: Ospedale San Bortolo ULSS 8 Berica Vicenza
Abstract: Abstract: Background. The main goal of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is to improve or maintain the best possible quality of life (QoL) for the child and their family. PPC can be provided in community health centers, within the specialist health care service and/or in the child’s home. Home is often the preferred place for families, and recommendations state that, whenever possible, the family home should be the center of care for the child. Cancer patients constitute an important group in pediatric palliative care. Pediatric palliative oncology (PPO) is an emerging field that integrates the principles of palliative care early into the illness trajectory of children with cancer. PPO providers work with interdisciplinary clinicians to provide optimal medical and psychosocial care to children with cancer and their families. Methods In this short review we’ll illustrate our experience of home management of terminal pediatric oncologic patients. Conclusions: this brief report supports the need to expand the offer of home care to all pediatric cancer patients in the terminal phase due to the positive effects on the general well-being of patients and their families