Pediatric Palliative Care at the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon: 2 Case Reports.

Autor: Abboud, Miguel R., Azzi, Manal, Muwakkit, Samar
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Zdroj: Medical Principles & Practice; Sep2007 Supplement 1, Vol. 16, p50-52, 3p
Abstrakt: The article describes two cases of pediatric palliative care at the Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. Zein, a 4-year-old boy, diagnosed with metastatic neuroblastoma, underwent high-dose chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplant successfully. The family rejected the option of a second-line therapy. Reem, a 14-year-old girl with osteogenic sarcoma of the right distal femur, received chemotherapy and underwent limb salvage surgery.
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