The threat of the COVID-19 pandemic on reversing global life-saving gains in the survival of childhood cancer: a call for collaborative action from SIOP, IPSO, PROS, WCC, CCI, St Jude Global, UICC and WHPCA.

The COVID-19 pandemic poses an unprecedented health crisis in all socio-economic regions across the globe. While the pandemic has had a profound impact on access to and delivery of health care by all services, it has been particularly disruptive for the care of patients with life-threatening noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as the treatment of children and young people with cancer. The reduction in child mortality from preventable causes over the last 50 years has seen childhood cancer emerge as a major unmet health care need.

CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND SURVIVAL OUTCOMES OF CHILDREN WITH NEUROBLASTOMA: 21 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT THE INSTITUTO DE ONCOLOGIA PEDIÁTRICA, IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL.

Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics and survival outcomes of children with neuroblastoma (NB) treated at a pediatric oncology center from 1991 to 2012.

Methods: A retrospective study with clinical and epidemiological data from 258 patients with neuroblastoma treated at a pediatric oncology center from 1991 to 2012, using medical records.

Results: The average age of the children at diagnosis was 40.

The influence of hemorrhagic shock on ventilation through needle cricothyroidotomy in pigs.

Background: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of controlled hemorrhage and shock on oxygenation and ventilation using needle cricothyroidotomy and jet ventilation in an animal model.

Methods: Twenty-four male pigs were randomly allocated into 4 groups: SHOCK (animals in hemorrhagic shock only), CRICH (animals that underwent needle cricothyroidotomy only), SHOCK+CRICH (animals in hemorrhagic shock + needle cricothyroidotomy), and SHAM (anesthetized animals submitted to surgical preparation only). All animals were surgically prepared and were observed for a period of 40 minutes (T0 - T40).

Long-term complications in totally implantable venous access devices: randomized study comparing subclavian and internal jugular vein puncture.

Background: This prospective randomized study evaluated complications related to long-term totally implantable catheters in oncologic children and adolescents by comparing venopunction performed either in the jugular or subclavian vein.

Methods: A total of 83 catheters were implanted from January 2004 to April 2006 and followed-up until March 2008. Patients were randomly allocated to the subclavian or jugular vein group.