2025/05/06 by Kimberley Docking, Rosemary Hodges, Lani Campbell +9 · 1 voice
Medicine · Health Professions · #Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life #Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues #Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/pbc.31749
openalex publication_date 2025/05/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Childhood brain tumor and leukemia (CBTL) and their treatments can have negative effects on development, including communication and swallowing. Clinical practice guideline recommendations for managing communication and swallowing difficulties in children diagnosed with CBTL were informed by (i) a systematic review using the GRADE approach to rate certainty of evidence; (ii) GRADE Evidence to Decision Framework involving an international panel of experts; and (iii) a Health Professional and Consumer survey. To improve outcomes and quality of life, children with CBLT should have access to communication and swallowing assessment and intervention from cancer diagnosis, throughout and after treatment, and across survivorship.