Health professionals' presence and attributes in connecting with parents of children with cancer: A qualitative study through the lens of compassion.

Purpose: Throughout a child's cancer treatment, health professionals (HPs) constitute an important source of support for the entire family. However, the understanding of their presence and essential attributes is unclear. This study explored HPs' presence and attributes in connecting with parents and identified facilitators and barriers for connectedness.

Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Misdiagnoses in Children With Acute Myeloid Leukaemia: A Nationwide Cohort Study.

Objectives: Childhood cancer often presents with non-specific signs and symptoms that might mimic non-malignant disorders including musculoskeletal diseases, potentially leading to rheumatic and orthopaedic misdiagnoses. We aimed to compare clinical presentation, diagnostic interval and survival in paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) with and without initial musculoskeletal symptoms.

Methods: This nationwide retrospective, cohort study reviewed medical records of 144 children below 15 years diagnosed with AML in Denmark from 1996 to 2018.

Musculoskeletal misdiagnoses in pediatric patients with spinal tumors.

Objective: Childhood spinal tumors often present with musculoskeletal symptoms, potentially causing a misdiagnosis and delays in diagnosis and treatment. This study aims to identify, characterize, and compare children with spinal tumors who had prior musculoskeletal misdiagnoses to those without, analyzing clinical presentation, diagnostic interval, and outcome.

Study Design: This retrospective cohort study evaluated all children aged 0-14 years diagnosed with a spinal tumor in Denmark from 1996 to 2018.

Who is supporting the parents during their child's cancer treatment? A qualitative study through the lens of compassion.

Purpose: Parents of children/adolescents with cancer are placed in a state of severe suffering due to serious concerns, fears, and radical daily life changes. Human support is an important source of support for successful coping. This study explored fundamental aspects of parents' daily, social, and personal life during their child's treatment to deepen our understanding of 'who' plays a significant role in supporting parents, and how, and to what extent this support is provided.

Growth hormone deficiency in adult survivors of childhood brain tumors treated with radiation.

Objective: Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is the most common endocrine late effect in irradiated survivors of childhood brain tumors. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of GHD in adults treated with proton or photon irradiation for a brain tumor in childhood and to detect undiagnosed GHD.

Design: This study is a cross-sectional study.