Recent Publications

  • Mostert S1, Lam CG2, Njuguna F3, Patenaude AF4, Kulkarni K5, Salaverria C6; SIOP PODC Global Taskforce on Hospital Detention Practices. Hospital detention practices: statement of a global taskforce. Lancet. 2015 Aug 15;386(9994):649. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61495-7.
  • Friedrich P, Lam CG, Itriago E, Perez R, Ribeiro RC, Arora RS (2015) Magnitude of Treatment Abandonment in Childhood Cancer. PLoS ONE 10 (9): e0135230. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135230Weaver MS, Howard SC, and Lam CG. Defining and Distinguishing Treatment Abandonment in Patients With Cancer. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2015;00:000–000
  • Rossell, N., et al., Childhood cancer in El Salvador: A preliminary exploration of parental concerns in the abandonment of treatment, European Journal of Oncology Nursing (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2015.01.005
  • Weaver MS, Arora RS, Howard SC, Salaverria CE, Liu Y, Ribeiro RC, and. Lam CG. A Practical Approach to Reporting Treatment Abandonment in Pediatric Chronic Conditions. 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. DOI 10.1002/pbc.25403.
  • Mostert S, Arora RS, Arreola M, Bagai P, Friedrich P, Gupta S, Kaur G, Koodiyedath B, Kulkarni K, Lam CG, Luna-Fineman S, Pizer B, Rivas S, Rossell N, Sitaresmi MN, Tsimicalis A, Weaver M, Ribeiro RC. Abandonment of treatment for childhood cancer: position statement of a SIOP PODC Working Group. Lancet Oncol 12(8):719-720, 2011.
  • Lam CG, Rossell N, Ribeiro RC. Global Snapshots of Treatment Abandonment in Children and Adolescents with Cancer: Social Factors, Implications, and Priorities. J Healthcare, Science and Humanities 2(1):81-110, 2012.
  • Gupta S, Yeh S, Martiniuk A, Lam CG, Chen HY, Liu YL, Tsimicalis A, Arora RS, Ribeiro RC. The magnitude and predictors of abandonment of therapy in paediatric acute leukaemia in middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Cancer 49(11):2555-2564, 2013.
  • Weaver MS, Arora RS, Howard SC, Salaverria CE, Liu YL, Ribeiro RC, Lam CG. A practical approach to reporting treatment abandonment in pediatric chronic conditions. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2015 Jan 13.
  • Tsimicalis A, Lam CG, Gupta S, Friedrich-Medina P, Arora R. An Overview of the SIOP PODC Abandonment of Treatment Working Group: Successes, Challenges, and Future Directions. Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) World Cancer Congress, Montreal, Canada; Aug 2012.
  • Lam CG, Tsimicalis A, Arreola M, Auste C, Bagai P, Bansal S, Chen HY et al. On Behalf of the SIOP PODC Abandonment of Treatment Working Group. SIOP Pediatric Oncology in Developing Countries (PODC) Abandonment of Treatment Working Group: An Evaluation of Progress. International Society for Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) 44th Congress, London, UK; Oct 2012.
  • Gupta S, Yeh S, Martiniuk A, Lam CG, Chen HY, Tsimicalis A, Arora R, Ribeiro R. Magnitude and Predictors of Abandonment of Therapy in Pediatric Acute Leukemia in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Society for Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) 44th Congress, London, UK; Oct 2012.
  • Friedrich P, Lam C, Kaur G, Ribeiro R, Arora RS. Strategies currently in place to address treatment abandonment: Preliminary results from a global survey by the SIOP PODC Working Group on Treatment Abandonment. International Society for Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) 44th Congress, London, UK; Oct 2012.
  • Friedrich P, Lam C, Kaur G, Ribeiro R, Arora RS. Determinants of treatment abandonment: Preliminary results from a global survey by the SIOP PODC Working Group on Treatment Abandonment. International Society for Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) 44th Congress, London, UK; Oct 2012.

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Recent Presentations

  • Tsimicalis A, Lam CG, Gupta S, Friedrich-Medina P, Arora R. An Overview of the SIOP PODC Abandonment of Treatment Working Group:  Successes, Challenges, and Future Directions. Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) World Cancer Congress, Montreal, Canada; Aug 2012.
  • Lam CG, Tsimicalis A, Arreola M, Auste C, Bagai P, Bansal S, Chen HY et al. On Behalf of the SIOP PODC Abandonment of Treatment Working Group. SIOP Pediatric Oncology in Developing Countries (PODC) Abandonment of Treatment Working Group: An Evaluation of Progress.  International Society for Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) 44th Congress, London, UK; Oct 2012.
  • Gupta S, Yeh S, Martiniuk A, Lam CG, Chen HY, Tsimicalis A, Arora R, Ribeiro R. Magnitude and Predictors of Abandonment of Therapy in Pediatric Acute Leukemia in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Society for Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) 44th Congress, London, UK; Oct 2012.
  • Friedrich P, Lam C, Kaur G, Ribeiro R, Arora RS. Strategies currently in place to address treatment abandonment: Preliminary results from a global survey by the SIOP PODC Working Group on Treatment Abandonment. International Society for Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) 44th Congress, London, UK; Oct 2012.
  • Friedrich P, Lam C, Kaur G, Ribeiro R, Arora RS. Determinants of treatment abandonment: Preliminary results from a global survey by the SIOP PODC Working Group on Treatment Abandonment. International Society for Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) 44th Congress, London, UK; Oct 2012.

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