Describing Deaths over a Decade: The Final Week of Life Among Hospitalized Children with Cancer
Most deaths in a pediatric cancer center occur in children with active disease. Continuation of cure-directed chemotherapy, age, diagnosis, and location of death has potential to influence end-of-life inpatient care.
Authors
- Erica C. Kaye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6522-3876)
- Alejandra Gabela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8211-288X)
- Jia Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4111-6080)
- Cai Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3425-125X)
- Andrea Heifner
- Meaghann S. Weaver
- Deena A. Levine
Institutions
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Children
- Published
- 2026-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children13020218
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00