Publications by authors named "Marija Pudrlja Slovic"
Purpose: The aim was to evaluate the total diagnostic interval (TDI) and presenting complaints in children with brain tumours in Serbia.
Methods: This study retrospectively analysed 212 children aged 0-18 years newly diagnosed with brain tumours in two tertiary centres from mid-March 2015 to mid-March 2020 covering virtually all children with brain tumours in Serbia. TDI was calculated as the difference between the date of diagnosis and the date of symptom onset presented as a median in weeks.
Radiotherapy plays an important role in the multimodal treatment of childhood cancer. Our objective was to provide an analysis of pediatric oncology patients treated with radiotherapy in a national referral institution in Serbia. A retrospective chart review of children treated with radiotherapy between January 2007 and July 2018 was conducted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of children with primary brain tumors, the effectiveness of treatment modalities, and to detect factors related to the outcome.
Methods: A detailed analysis was performed on a series of 173 pediatric patients treated in a Serbian referral oncology institution between 2007 and 2016, based on their clinical, histological, treatment, and follow-up data.
Results: Mean survival time of all children was 94.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to present treatment results of childhood Ewing's sarcoma (ES) of the bone in Serbia and to analyze prognostic factors.
Methods: We performed a detailed analysis on a series of 107 patients with ES of the bone treated at the Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia between 2000 and 2014, using modern multimodal therapy.
Results: Median age at the time of diagnosis was 14 years, with 56.