Psychosocial and Neurocognitive Consequences of Childhood Cancer

儿童癌症的心理社会和神经认知后果

• 批准号: 7161897
• 负责人: Sean Phipps
• 金额: $ 3.3万
• 依托单位: ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-13 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7161897
• 关键词: meeting /conference /symposium; neuropsychology; pediatrics; psychological aspect of cancer; travel

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Dramatic progress has been seen in treating and controlling childhood cancer, which has become a curable illness, with 5-year cancer-free survival rates approaching 80%. Although pediatric cancer survivors represent a small percentage of the 9.8 million cancer survivors in the U.S., they serve in many respects as the model for development of supportive care, and the vanguard of cancer survivorship research. Much of what is learned in the management of the acute and chronic complications of pediatric cancer treatment can be subsequently applied to adult cancers. Researchers in pediatric psychosocial oncology were among the first to address the concept of burden related to treatment and survivorship, and to focus on specific quality of life outcomes, particularly related to cognitive, social and emotional functioning. However, the rapidity of medical advances, the emergence of new side effects and newly recognized late effects continue to pose a significant challenge for those providing supportive and psychosocial care for this population, who face a moving target. As such, mechanisms to maintain communication among researchers in this area are critical to the continuing development of evidence based approaches to assessment and intervention for cancer survivors. The primary aim of the proposed conference is to bring together the leading experts conducting research on neurocognitive and psychosocial outcomes in children with cancer, from diagnosis through long-term survivorship, to promote an interdisciplinary dialogue to address the most current and promising developments in the field. The conference will also focus on integrating new findings with the most current theoretical models. The conference program is designed to help both practitioners and researchers stay abreast of the most current developments in the area, via invited presentations by leading experts followed by facilitated discussions. Publication of the conference proceedings will serve to summarize the current state of the field and to point towards new research agendas for the future.

描述（由申请人提供）：在治疗和控制儿童癌症方面已经看到了巨大的进步，这已成为一种可治愈的疾病，无癌症的5年生存率接近80％。 尽管小儿癌症幸存者代表美国980万癌症幸存者中的一小部分，但在许多方面，它们是支持护理发展的模型，也是癌症生存研究的先锋。 随后可以应用于成人癌症，可用于小儿癌症治疗的急性和慢性并发症的管理中所学的大部分内容。 小儿社会心理肿瘤学研究人员是第一个解决与治疗和生存有关的负担概念的概念，并专注于特定的生活质量，尤其是与认知，社会和情感功能有关的概念。 但是，医疗进展的迅速，新的副作用的出现和新认可的后期影响继续为那些面临着移动目标的人群提供支持和社会心理护理的人构成重大挑战。 因此，维持该领域研究人员之间沟通的机制对于持续发展基于证据的癌症幸存者评估和干预方法至关重要。 拟议会议的主要目的是将癌症儿童神经认知和社会心理成果进行研究的领先专家汇集在一起​​，从诊断到长期生存，促进跨学科的对话，以解决该领域中最新和最有前途的发展。 会议还将着重于将新发现与最新的理论模型相结合。 该会议计划旨在通过领先的专家的邀请演讲，随后进行了促进的讨论，旨在帮助从业人员和研究人员与该地区最新的发展保持同步。 会议论文集的发布将有助于总结该领域的现状，并指出未来的新研究议程。