Outputs (3)

A review calling for research directed at early detection of childhood cancers: The clinical, scientific, and economic arguments for population screening and surveillance (2024)
Journal Article
Apps, J., Ritzmann, T. A., Liu, J., Shanmugavadivel, D., Halsey, C., Pritchard Jones, K., Atun, R., Oliver, K., Vedhara, K., Ball-Gamble, A., Ranasinghe, N., Polanco, A., Adamski, J., Green, A. L., & Walker, D. A. (2024). A review calling for research directed at early detection of childhood cancers: The clinical, scientific, and economic arguments for population screening and surveillance. European Journal of Cancer, 4, Article 100191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcped.2024.100191

Childhood cancers are increasingly recognised as disorders of tissue growth and development, through early life into adulthood. A rising proportion are currently considered to be related to a familial predisposition or associated with identified gene... Read More about A review calling for research directed at early detection of childhood cancers: The clinical, scientific, and economic arguments for population screening and surveillance.

Childhood bone tumours in primary care: helping GPs to identify ‘the needle in the haystack’ (2023)
Journal Article
Shanmugavadivel, D., Liu, J.-F., Ball-Gamble, A., Polanco, A., Vedhara, K., Nathan, P., Walker, D., & Ojha, S. (2023). Childhood bone tumours in primary care: helping GPs to identify ‘the needle in the haystack’. British Journal of General Practice, 73(733), 377-379. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp23x734673

In 2018, the World Health Organization declared childhood cancer as a global disease burden, launching a Global Initiative to improve survival to 60% worldwide by 2030. If achieved, it is estimated that an extra 1 million children’s lives will be sav... Read More about Childhood bone tumours in primary care: helping GPs to identify ‘the needle in the haystack’.

Assessing and investigating children with suspected bone and abdominal tumours: an e-Delphi consensus process (2023)
Journal Article
Shanmugavadivel, D., Liu, J. F., Gamble, A., Polanco, A., Vedhara, K., Walker, D., & Ojha, S. (2023). Assessing and investigating children with suspected bone and abdominal tumours: an e-Delphi consensus process. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 7, Article e001771. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001771

Background The incidence of childhood cancer has risen by 15% since the 1990s. Early diagnosis is key to optimising outcomes, however diagnostic delays are widely reported. Presenting symptoms are often non-specific causing a diagnostic dilemma for c... Read More about Assessing and investigating children with suspected bone and abdominal tumours: an e-Delphi consensus process.