Publications by authors named "Simon Parke"
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- The initiative aimed to engage children affected by cancer, survivors, families, and healthcare professionals to identify and prioritize research questions that could shape future studies on childhood cancer.
- An online survey gathered over 1,200 potential questions, which were then refined and shortlisted through surveys and workshops with participants, resulting in a final consensus on the Top 10 priorities.
- The most significant concern identified was the need for more effective and less burdensome treatments for children with cancer, emphasizing a focus on improving patient care and outcomes.
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute inflammatory vasculitis that occurs worldwide and disproportionately affects male children, most commonly between the ages of 6 months and 5 years. KD can present with only a few features and thus be difficult to diagnose, particularly in the youngest and oldest patients. We describe a 12-week-old Caucasian female infant who presented with rash and fever but no other features of KD, who developed giant coronary artery aneurysms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS), a condition of synovial hyperproliferation that mostly affects large joints, is rare in children and conventionally lacks systemic symptoms. This report describes a complex paediatric patient who underwent bone marrow transplantation to control the accelerated phase of the Chediak-Higashi syndrome. Diffuse PVNS developed in one knee 2.
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