Shared Care of Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Telemedicine Feasibility Study.

Purpose: With an increasing number of childhood cancer survivors (CCSs), determining the best model of survivorship transition care is becoming a growing priority. Shared care between pediatric oncology and adult primary care is often necessary, making survivorship a time of transition, but effective standard models are lacking. We sought to provide a more integrated approach to transition using telemedicine.

A Comparison of Extremity Thrombosis Rates in Adolescent and Young Adult Versus Younger Pediatric Oncology Patients at a Children's Hospital.

Purpose: To examine whether the rates of thrombosis in children (≤14 years of age) and adolescent/young adult (AYA) patients (15-22 years of age) with cancer is different.

Methods: We retrospectively studied the rates of thrombosis in children and AYA patients at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh during the years 2002-2010, using the tumor registry database. This list was then divided into two groups based on age at diagnosis.