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Neither small adults nor big children: Doing better for TYAs with brain tumors (2025)
Journal Article
Ritzmann, T. A., Hodgkinson, R., & Shanmugavadivel, S. (2025). Neither small adults nor big children: Doing better for TYAs with brain tumors. Clinical Cancer Research, https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-25-1007

A recent article presents a molecular analysis of High-Grade Gliomas in teenagers and young adults (TYAs). To maximise the benefit of this advancing knowledge we must address the basics. Here, we highlight the challenge of lengthy diagnostic interval... Read More about Neither small adults nor big children: Doing better for TYAs with brain tumors.

Quantifying diagnostic intervals and routes to diagnosis for children and young people with cancer in the UK (Childhood Cancer Diagnosis study, CCD): a population-based observational study (2025)
Journal Article
Shanmugavadivel, D., Liu, J.-F., Ritzmann, T. A., Ball-Gamble, A., Polanco, A., Ranasinghe, N., Vedhara, K., Ojha, S., & Walker, D. (2025). Quantifying diagnostic intervals and routes to diagnosis for children and young people with cancer in the UK (Childhood Cancer Diagnosis study, CCD): a population-based observational study. Lancet Regional Health – Europe, Article 101329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101329

Background: Childhood cancer is a global disease burden, with early diagnosis a priority. We quantified diagnostic intervals and referral routes for children and young people (CYP 0–18 years) diagnosed with cancer in the UK. Methods: All CYP diagnose... Read More about Quantifying diagnostic intervals and routes to diagnosis for children and young people with cancer in the UK (Childhood Cancer Diagnosis study, CCD): a population-based observational study.

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.

Multicentre service evaluation of presentation of newly diagnosed cancers and type 1 diabetes in children in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Williams, G., McLean, R., Liu, J. F., Ritzmann, T. A., Dandapani, M., Shanmugavadivel, D., Sachdev, P., Brougham, M., Mitchell, R. T., Conway, N. T., Law, J., Cunnington, A., Ogunnaike, G., Brougham, K., Bayman, E., & Walker, D. (2021). Multicentre service evaluation of presentation of newly diagnosed cancers and type 1 diabetes in children in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 5(1), Article e001078. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001078

Background The COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in patterns of presentation to emergency departments. Child health professionals were concerned that this could contribute to the delayed diagnosis of life-threatening conditions, including childhood ca... Read More about Multicentre service evaluation of presentation of newly diagnosed cancers and type 1 diabetes in children in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.