Purpose/Objectives: To study the relationship between parental verbal and nonverbal caring behaviors and child distress during cancer-related port access placement using correlational and time-window sequential analyses. Design: Longitudinal, observational design. Setting: Children’s Hospital of...

Background: Early childhood dental caries (dental cavities) is an infectious process. The development of oral problems during cancer care results in pain, fever, and delay in treatment. Objectives: The objective of this project was to integrate preventive oral care into pediatric oncology care...

Purpose/Objectives: To assess change in specific cognitive processes during treatment with chemotherapy only among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Design: A prospective, repeated measures design. Setting: Pediatric oncology treatment centers at Banner–University Medical Center...

Background: Pediatric patients with relapsed and refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia are more often being treated with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. As with any new therapy, the management of this patient population has a unique set of challenges. The side effects of this...