Hospital and home chemotherapy for children with leukemia: A randomized cross-over study

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-292

  Stevens, Bonnie ^a,b   Croxford, Ruth ^c   McKeever, Patricia ^a   Yamada, Janet ^b   Booth, Marilyn ^b,d   Daub, Stacey ^e   Gafni, Amiram ^f   Gammon, Janet ^b   Greenberg, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Ontario Children's Health Network   (Canada)

^e Toronto Community Care Access Centre   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ALL; Chemotherapy; Pediatric oncology; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 33746630472     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20598     Document Type: Article

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