Publications by authors named "Brad Kawano"
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- Pediatric solid tumors, like Wilms tumor, pose significant financial burdens on families, leading to a growing need for assessing the financial toxicity of treatment.
- A webscraping algorithm was used to analyze crowdfunding campaigns on GoFundMe for children diagnosed with Wilms tumor, focusing on the demographics and challenges faced by these families.
- The study found that a significant percentage of families experienced employment loss and high direct and indirect costs related to care, while it identified essential features that correlate with successful fundraising efforts.
Introduction: Advanced directives (ADs) provide a framework from which families may understand patient's wishes. However, end-of-life planning may not be prioritized by everyone. This analysis aimed to determine what populations have ADs and how they affected trauma outcomes.
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