Abstract Introduction Virtual reality (VR) has expanded into diverse healthcare contexts, including pediatric oncology, in which it serves as a non-pharmacological tool for pain and anxiety relief. Objective To analyze the effect of VR glasses on pain and anxiety before a medical consultation during initial blood collection in pediatric oncology...
Abstract Introduction Central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the most common solid tumors in childhood, comprising 20% of all neoplasms in that age. Besides, they constitute the biggest cause of morbidity and mortality among childhood tumors, and about two thirds of the surviving patients have sequelae. The build-up of sequelae due...
Immunohistochemistry and next-generation sequencing for NTRK fusion detection in differentiated thyroid cancer of children, adolescents and young adults
ABSTRACT Introduction: Pan-TRK immunohistochemistry staining can assess the protein expression from NTRK gene fusions. A little is known about its utility in differentiated thyroid cancer samples from children, adolescents, and young adults patients. Objective:Investigate pan-TRKimmunohistochemistry sensitivity and specificity in differentiated thyroid cancer samples from children, adolescents, and young adults patients....
ABSTRACT Littoral cell splenic angioma is a rare tumor, especially in the pediatric age group. Patients may experience mild chronic abdominal pain, that does not improve with usual treatments, and is mostly asymptomatic, a challenge for the pediatrics. This article describes the clinical features of a 10-year-old female pediatric patient...
