Pediatric palliative care in patients with brain tumors: Timing, activation, and management of acute events
Management of a "complex" pediatric patient with an unfavorable prognosis requires early activation of PPC, with a seamless continuation of the already existing partnerships between family, pediatric-oncology team, referring neurosurgeon and palliative care teams.
Authors
- Michela Casanova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0368-7883)
- Filippo Spreafico (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5587-3509)
- Giovanna Gattuso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8337-2752)
- Luca Bergamaschi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2149-329X)
- Roberto Luksch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7203-4176)
- Cristina Meazza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1875-9563)
- Monica Terenziani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7080-6718)
- Nadia Puma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9743-2808)
- Igor Catalano
- Francesco Barretta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7797-161X)
- Stefano Chiaravalli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3044-6578)
- Veronica Biassoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1486-1736)
- Giovanna Sironi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2791-2192)
- Marta Giorgia Podda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0855-2526)
- Elisabetta Schiavello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8049-7445)
- Olga Nigro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1030-2809)
- Sabina Vennarini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8712-8781)
- Federico Pellegatta
- Maura Massimino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5506-2001)
- Andrea C. Ferrari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4724-0517)
- Valeria Colombo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0097-8669)
- Giuseppe Forzini
Institutions
- European Association for Palliative Care (BE)
- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Tumori Journal
- Published
- 2025-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/03008916251365032
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00