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Classification of treatment-related mortality in children with cancer: a systematic assessment

Abstract

Treatment-related mortality is an important outcome in paediatric cancer clinical trials. An international group of experts in supportive care in paediatric cancer developed a consensus-based definition of treatment-related mortality and a cause-of-death attribution system. The reliability and validity of the system was tested in 30 deaths, which were independently assessed by two clinical research associates and two paediatric oncologists. We …

Authors

Alexander S; Pole JD; Gibson P; Lee M; Hesser T; N S; Dvorak CC; Fisher B; Hasle H; Kanerva J

Journal

The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 16, No. 16, pp. e604–e610

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

December 2015

DOI

10.1016/s1470-2045(15)00197-7

ISSN

1470-2045