Diagnostic delay and reducing the diagnostic interval in children with brain tumor
Brain tumor account for a quarter of all childhood cancers, affecting about 1 in 2400 United Kingdom (UK) children under the age of 16 annually, while brain and other nervous system cancer incidence per 100,000 population in Peninsular Malaysia for age 0-19 years was 84/100000. Death occurs either...
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Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah (UniSHAMS)
2018
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/67162/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/67162/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/67162/1/DIAGNOSTIC%20DELAY%20AND%20REDUCING%20THE%20DIAGNOSTIC%20INTERVAL%20IN%20CHILDREN%20WITH%20BRAIN%20TUMOR.pdf |
| Summary: | Brain tumor account for a quarter of all childhood cancers, affecting about 1 in 2400 United Kingdom
(UK) children under the age of 16 annually, while brain and other nervous system cancer incidence per
100,000 population in Peninsular Malaysia for age 0-19 years was 84/100000. Death occurs either as a
result of catastrophic presentations with raised intracranial pressure or as a result of tumor recurrence
and resistance to further treatment. Five-year survival rates became over 70%, and the majority of
these patients go on to be long-term survivors. Despite this, 60% of long-term survivors of childhood
brain tumors are moderately or severely neurologically disabled. Delayed diagnosis of brain tumor
among children is a concern around the globe and has been reported by parents, in the media, and in
the courts. These reports can disturb public confidence in healthcare systems. This literature searches
studied diagnostic delay and reducing the diagnostic interval in children with brain tumor, using online
databases and a manual search. Main keywords used were diagnostic delay, brain tumor in children
and post symptomatic diagnostic interval. In some studies post symptomatic diagnostic interval (PDI)
was 28 weeks with a parental delay of 11.1 weeks and a doctor's delay of 16.9 weeks. We concluded
many recommendations as programmes to raise public and professional awareness of the
symptomatology of brain tumor, early referral, CT scan fast track. Along with many other
recommendations were discussed in this article. |
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