Open AccessCentral Nervous System Injury and Neurobiobehavioral Function in Children With Brain Tumors
Author(s) -
Mary Baron Nelson,
Peggy Compton,
Sunita K. Patel,
Eufemia Jacob,
Ronald M. Harper
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cancer nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.79
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1538-9804
pISSN - 0162-220X
DOI - 10.1097/ncc.0b013e31825d1eb0
Subject(s) - neurocognitive , medicine , radiation therapy , quality of life (healthcare) , psycinfo , population , brain tumor , chemotherapy , pediatrics , oncology , cognition , surgery , medline , psychiatry , nursing , environmental health , political science , law
Children with brain tumors present a complex set of factors when considering treatment decisions, including type and location of tumor and age of the child. Two-thirds of children will survive, but historically have had poorer neurocognitive and quality-of-life outcomes when compared with survivors of other childhood cancers. Delaying or forgoing cranial radiation completely is thought to lead to improved neurobiobehavioral outcomes, but there is still relatively little research in this area.