CONTEXT: Numerous faces scales have been developed for the measurement of pain
intensity in children. It remains unclear whether any one of the faces scales is better for a …

Numerous randomized controlled trials have been conducted to determine efficacy of exercise
on cancer-related fatigue. However, many trials lacked sufficient power to demonstrate …

Background: The choice between palliative chemotherapy (defined as the use of cytotoxic
medications delivered intravenously for the purpose of our study) and supportive care alone is …

The objective of this review was to determine whether consistent definitions were used in
published studies of bloodstream infections due to central venous catheters in patients with …

Purpose Objective was to determine whether physical activity reduces the severity of fatigue
in patients with cancer or hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. Methods We …

Importance Adult patients are considered the best reporters of their own health-related quality
of life (HRQOL). Self-report in pediatrics has been challenged by a limited array of valid …

Background The objective was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the self-report Symptom
Screening in Pediatrics Tool (SSPedi) from the perspective of children with cancer and …

Purpose To compare quality of life of children with cancer with no reasonable chance of cure
reported by parents 6 months or fewer versus more than 6 months before death. Patients …

PURPOSE To examine concordance in symptomatic adverse event (AE) grading using the
Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE 4.0) for clinicians and its patient-…

Objective Previous work in pediatric oncology has found that clinicians and parents tend to
under-report the frequency and severity of treatment-related symptoms compared to child self-…