1. Identifying clinical practice guidelines for the supportive care of children with cancer: A report from the Children's Oncology Group
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Seelisch, Jennifer, Sung, Lillian, Kelly, Michael J, Raybin, Jennifer L, Beauchemin, Melissa, Dvorak, Christopher C, Kelly, Katherine Patterson, Nieder, Michael L, Noll, Robert B, Thackray, Jennifer, Ullrich, Nicole J, Cabral, Sandra, Dupuis, L Lee, and Robinson, Paula D
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Paediatrics ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Oncology and Carcinogenesis ,Pediatric Research Initiative ,Cancer ,Pediatric Cancer ,Clinical Research ,Rare Diseases ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Pediatric ,Hematology ,Good Health and Well Being ,Child ,Health Services Needs and Demand ,Humans ,Neoplasms ,Palliative Care ,Practice Guidelines as Topic ,Practice Patterns ,Physicians' ,pediatric cancer ,practice guidelines ,supportive care ,systematic review ,Clinical Sciences ,Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine ,Oncology & Carcinogenesis ,Oncology and carcinogenesis - Abstract
Providing evidence-based supportive care for children with cancer has the potential to optimize treatment outcomes and improve quality of life. The Children's Oncology Group (COG) Supportive Care Guidelines Subcommittee conducted a systematic review to identify current supportive care clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) relevant to childhood cancer or pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Only 22 papers met the 2011 Institute of Medicine criteria to be considered a CPG. The results highlight the paucity of CPGs available to pediatric oncology healthcare professionals and the pressing need to create CPGs using current methodological standards.
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- 2019