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Choi H, Soliman AS, Al Mousa R, Yeh J, Khader J, Sultan I, Ibrahimi AK. Health-related quality of life of pediatric brain tumor survivors after treatment in Jordan. Neurooncol Pract 2024; 11:82-91. [PMID: 38222053 PMCID: PMC10785583 DOI: 10.1093/nop/npad054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2024] Open
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Background The number of cancer survivors and survivorship are increasing. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has not been widely studied in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). The aim of this study is to explore HRQOL of childhood brain tumor survivors and its determinants in Jordan. Methods Health-related quality of life information was collected from 80 patients treated at the King Hussein Cancer Center and their parents using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Generic Core Scales questionnaire in Arabic. Multivariable linear OLS regression models were used to analyze correlates of HRQOL and compare differences between child- and parent-reported responses. Results Health-related quality of life scores reported by survivors and by parents were positively correlated on all subscales and total PedsQL scores (r = 0.59, P = .001). Survivors reported better HRQOL in cognitive subscale (β = 0.56, P = .03) and worse HRQOL in work subscale (β = 0.43, P = .04), but no significant differences in the physical, emotional, and social subscales and total PedsQL scores. Significant predictors of HRQOL reported by parents and by children were different. Supratentorial tumor location was associated with a 10.97-unit lower physical HRQOL score, and recurrence of tumors predicted a 17.5-unit lower total HRQOL score, indicating worse quality of life. Male gender (β = 14.9, P = .002) and diagnosis of hypopituitarism (β = 16.1, P = .03) were associated with better HRQOL. Furthermore, patients that only had radiotherapy treatment had better emotional HRQOL (β = 32.9, P = .006) compared to patients that had combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Conclusion This study provides evidence on determinants of HRQOL of pediatric brain tumor patients in Jordan. Future studies need to capitalize on the findings of this study to institute a system for regular assessment of quality of life of pediatric cancer patients in Jordan and other countries with similar health care systems and sociocultural backgrounds.
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Affiliation(s)
- Han Choi
- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- City University of New York, Medical School, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, King Hussein Cancer Centre, Amman, Jordan
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- Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, King Hussein Cancer Centre, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Pediatric, King Hussein Cancer Centre, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, King Hussein Cancer Centre, Amman, Jordan
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Youlden DR, Baade PD, Aitken JF. Long-term childhood cancer survival in Australia using period estimation. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2023; 70:e30136. [PMID: 36495243 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Estimates of childhood cancer survival are usually reported at 5 years after diagnosis only. Using cases prevalent between 2014 and 2018 from the population-based Australian Childhood Cancer Registry, we used the period method to calculate relative survival up to 20 years post diagnosis by cancer type. Twenty-year relative survival for all childhood cancers combined (n = 14,353) was 83.8% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 82.6%-85.0%). Survival decreased only slightly after 10 years for most childhood cancers, except for some types of brain and liver tumours. These contemporary estimates of long-term survival provide valuable information to assist childhood cancer patients and their families in planning for the future.
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- Danny R Youlden
- Cancer Council Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Cancer Council Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.,Centre for Data Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Cancer Council Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.,Institute for Resilient Regions, University of Southern Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Kilsdonk E, van Dulmen-den Broeder E, van Leeuwen FE, van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, Loonen JJ, van der Pal HJ, Bresters D, Versluys AB, Pieters R, Hauptmann M, Jaspers M, Neggers S, Raphael MF, Tissing WJE, Kremer LCM, Ronckers CM, Feijen EAM, Grootenhuis MA, den Hartogh J, van der Heiden-van der Loo M, Hollema N, Kok JL, Postma A, Schaapveld M, Teepen JC. Late Mortality in Childhood Cancer Survivors according to Pediatric Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Era in the Dutch LATER Cohort. Cancer Invest 2022; 40:413-424. [PMID: 35175864 DOI: 10.1080/07357907.2022.2034841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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This multi-center cohort-study examined late mortality among 6,165 Dutch five-year childhood cancer survivors diagnosed 1963-2001. Clinical details and cause of death were based on medical records. Mortality was 12-fold that of the general population, with 51.3 additional deaths per 10,000 person-years (21.9 yrs median follow-up). Cumulative mortality 15 yrs post-diagnosis was 6.9%, predominantly from late recurrences; thereafter the absolute contribution of other health outcomes increased. Cumulative all-cause and recurrence-related mortality were highest for Central Nervous System and bone tumor survivors. All-cause, but not subsequent tumor and circulatory disease-related cumulative mortality, was highest for patients diagnosed 1963-1979 vs. later (p-trend <0.001).
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- Ellen Kilsdonk
- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Erasmus Medical Center/Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,UMC Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Willem Alexander Children's Hospital/Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane. Neuruppin, Germany
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,UMC Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Stichting KinderOncologie Nederland (SKION)/Dutch Childhood Oncology Group (DCOG), The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,University of Groningen/University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,UMC Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,UMC Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane. Neuruppin, Germany
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,UMC Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,UMC Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dutch Childhood Cancer Parent Organisation (VOKK)/VOX, NieuwegeinThe Netherlands
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- Stichting KinderOncologie Nederland (SKION)/Dutch Childhood Oncology Group (DCOG), The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,UMC Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Stichting KinderOncologie Nederland (SKION)/Dutch Childhood Oncology Group (DCOG), The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,UMC Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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