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ReviewCurrent pediatric reviews2017

The Impact of Cancer and its Treatment on the Growth and Development of the Pediatric Patient.

Sarah Brand, Joanne Wolfe, Chase Samsel

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Review in Current pediatric reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mapping and comparing the quality of life outcomes in childhood and adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: an umbrella review and future directions.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025
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  15. How nurses can promote resilience among adolescents receiving active cancer treatment: A scoping review.Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2024
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  19. Full Sails against Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah BrandDana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, SW360E, Boston, MA 02115. United States.
Joanne WolfeDepartment of Medicine, Boston Children`s Hospital, MA. United States.
Chase SamselHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA. United States.
Boston Children's Hospital · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Training in Child Health Services Research and Implementation ScienceT32HS000063 · AHRQ · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI GARABEDIAN, LAURA FADEN, WALSH, KATHLEEN ELIZABETH · 1994 to 2024
$7.6M
AHRQ HHS T32 HS000063
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCancer treatment can have profound effects on the growth and development of pediatric patients. Different models of psychosocial development and behavioral treatment approaches aid children receiving medical treatment. Providing education, anticipatory guidance, and individualized support to child and their families is a psychosocial standard.

objectiveClarify the different models of psychosocial development and applicable psychosocial interventions to better prepare and tailor cancer treatment to pediatric patients.

methodsAuthors reviewed existing evidenced-based literature in oncology, psychology, developmental, and psychiatric while drawing on case examples and expert knowledge to illustrate the impact of cancer treatment on pediatric patients, analyze developmentally individualized needs, and describe facilitative interventions.

resultPediatric patients of all ages cope and adjust better to all phases of treatment when their care is delivered in a developmentally-informed and psychosocially thoughtful way.

conclusionProviders can comprehensively prepare their patients and families for treatment better by utilizing a psychosocially- and developmentally-informed framework while meeting individualized unique needs of patients. An integrated multidisciplinary psychosocial support team is facilitative in anticipating and meeting the needs of pediatric cancer patients and has recently become a psychosocial standard of care.

Indexed as

Child DevelopmentMental HealthPsychosocial Support SystemsAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolHumansInfantNeoplasmsParentsAdjustmentcancercognitivecopingdevelopmentgrowthpediatricpsychosocial

Identifiers

PMID27848890
PMCPMC5503788
OpenAlexW2606098494

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