Diffuse pontine glioma in Jordan and impact of up-front prognosis disclosure with parents and families

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 460-465

  Qaddoumi, Ibrahim ^a   Ezam, Najeeb ^b   Swaidan, Maisa ^a   Jaradat, Imad ^a   Mansour, Asem ^a   Abuirmeileh, Najyah ^a   Bouffet, Eric ^c   Al Hussaini, Maysa ^a  

^a King Hussein Cancer Centre   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffuse pontine glioma; Do not resuscitate

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIFFUSE PONTINE GLIOMA; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ARABS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCLOSURE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; JORDAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64249165708     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808325650     Document Type: Article

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