Journal article
Validation of the Children’s International Mucositis Evaluation Scale (ChIMES) in paediatric cancer and SCT
Abstract
Background:Objectives were to describe the reliability and validity of a new paediatric-specific mucositis scale, the Children’s International Mucositis Evaluation Scale (ChIMES).Methods:In a multi-centre prospective study, children aged 0 to ⩽18 years were eligible if they were receiving any of the following: myeloablative stem cell transplantation (SCT), ⩾60 mg m−2 course−1 doxorubicin or ⩾12 g m−2 methotrexate. Multiple measures of mucositis …
Authors
Jacobs S; Baggott C; Agarwal R; Hesser T; Schechter T; Judd P; Tomlinson D; Beyene J; Sung L
Journal
British Journal of Cancer, Vol. 109, No. 10, pp. 2515–2522
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
November 2013
DOI
10.1038/bjc.2013.618
ISSN
0007-0920