How young patients with cancer perceive the COVID‐19 (coronavirus) epidemic in Milan, Italy: Is there room for other fears?

M Casanova, E Pagani Bagliacca, M Silva… - Pediatric blood & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic in Italy, in particular in the Milan
focal point, required drastic measures and led to panic in the population. While in our center …

[HTML][HTML] A collateral effect of the COVID‐19 pandemic: delayed diagnosis in pediatric solid tumors

S Chiaravalli, A Ferrari, G Sironi, G Gattuso… - Pediatric blood & …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To the Editor: The COVID-19 pandemic has become a huge health emergency. In the world
of pediatric oncology, we have had to profoundly modify our habits regarding the …

Metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma: evidence of the impact of radiotherapy on survival. A retrospective single‐center experience

A Ferrari, L Bergamaschi, S Chiaravalli… - Pediatric Blood & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background The prognosis for patients with metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) remains
largely unsatisfactory despite the adoption of intensive multimodal therapy. To assess the …

Models of care—there is more than one way to deliver

G Sironi, RD Barr, A Ferrari - The Cancer Journal, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer constitute a particular group of patients
with unique features, whose needs during and after treatment are poorly met. A …

Standard treatment and emerging drugs for managing synovial sarcoma: adult's and pediatric oncologist perspective

GG Baldi, D Orbach, R Bertulli, C Magni… - Expert Opinion on …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: in this review we discuss the standard of care for both pediatric and adult
synovial sarcoma (SS), the prognostic differences between them, and the treatments …

Creating beauty: the experience of a fashion collection prepared by adolescent patients at a pediatric oncology unit

L Veneroni, CA Clerici, T Proserpio, C Magni… - Tumori …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims and Background Adolescent patients with cancer need psychological support in order
to face the traumatic event of cancer diagnosis and to preserve continuity with their normal …

[HTML][HTML] Relapsing pediatric non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas: the impact of routine imaging surveillance on early detection and post-relapse survival

C Morosi, L Bergamaschi, V Livellara, V Hassan… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose The chances of patients with relapsing pediatric non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft
tissue sarcomas (NRSTS) being cured are limited. This retrospective single-institutional …

Italian pediatric and adult oncology communities join forces for a national project dedicated to adolescents and young adults with cancer

A Ferrari, P Quarello, M Mascarin… - Tumori …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Adolescents and young adults with cancer have substantially different clinical and
psychological needs compared to those of pediatric patients and of older adult patients. We …

Caring for children with cancer evacuated from Ukraine

M Massimino, G Casiraghi, M Armiraglio… - The Lancet Child & …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Since the war in Ukraine started on Feb 24, 2022, thousands of children and civilians have
been killed, and the resulting humanitarian crisis is one of the worst that Europe has …

Investigating sexuality in adolescents with cancer: patients talk of their experiences

L Veneroni, EP Bagliacca, G Sironi… - Pediatric Hematology …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. The aim of the present study is to understand which areas of sexuality were
regarded as most important and/or problematic among adolescents with cancer. Methods. A …