Organisation:

The Cancer Council Australia and Australian Cancer Network

Paediatrics: 'Childhood lymphoma' is Chapter 15 in the Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of lymphoma.

Format:

Web-based PDF

Target audience: 

Multidisciplinary

Accessibility:

Publicly available - no restrictions

Cost:

Free of charge

URL:

http://www.cancer.org.au//File/HealthProfessionals/Clinical%20Guidelines/LymphomaguidelinesCh15.pdf

Organisation:

Therapeutic Guidelines

These Therapeutic Guidelines for prescribers include a section on paediatric principles and practice. Available for order in hard copy or in electronic version.

Format:

Printed resource

Target audience: 

Multidisciplinary

Accessibility:

Health professionals only

Cost:

Payment required - contact organisation

URL:

http://www.tg.com.au/?sectionid=47

Organisation:

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)

Paediatrics: The purpose of this UK-based guidance is to provide recommendations on service provision for children and young people with malignant disease, based on the best available evidence. It is primarily for commissioners of services, but has equal relevance for service providers.

Format:

Web-based PDF

Target audience: 

Health service administration

Accessibility:

Publicly available - no restrictions

Cost:

Free of charge

URL:

http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/C&YPManual.pdf

Organisation:

National Cancer Institute,USA

This PDQ cancer information summary for health professionals provides comprehensive, peer-reviewed, evidence-based information about the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Format:

Website - information

Target audience: 

Multidisciplinary

Accessibility:

Publicly available - no restrictions

Cost:

Free of charge

URL:

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/childALL/healthprofessional/allpages#Section_141

Organisation:

National Cancer Institute,USA

Database of over 50 evidence-based summaries for paediatric treatment in cancer. Developed by the PDQ Paediatric Treatment Board of the National Cancer Institute, these summaries are regularly reviewed and updated online.

Format:

Website - information

Target audience: 

Multidisciplinary

Accessibility:

Publicly available - no restrictions

Cost:

Free of charge

URL:

http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/pediatrictreatment

Organisation:

The Children's Oncology Group

The purpose of these guidelines is to provide recommendations for screening and management of late effects that may potentially arise as a result of therapeutic exposures used during treatment for pediatric malignancies.

Can download whole file as PDF (large file) or individual chapters

Format:

Web-based PDF

Target audience: 

Multidisciplinary

Accessibility:

Publicly available - no restrictions

Cost:

Free of charge

URL:

http://www.survivorshipguidelines.org/

Organisation:

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

These regularly updated clinical practice guidelines include bone cancers common in children and adolescents. Available as PDF for download.

Format:

Web-based PDF

Target audience: 

Multidisciplinary

Accessibility:

Publicly available - no restrictions

Cost:

Free of charge

URL:

http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/PDF/bone.pdf

Organisation:

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), UK

Diagnosis/ evaluation/ risk assessment of cancer in Family Practice in the UK - with specific section on children. This guideline offers advice on the referral of adults and children with suspected cancer to specialist services.

Format:

Website - information

Target audience: 

Multidisciplinary

Accessibility:

Publicly available - no restrictions

Cost:

Free of charge

URL:

http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/cg027niceguideline.pdf

Organisation:

John Hopkins University Press

Edited textbook with chapters addressing aspects of care of children with cancer. Features a new chapter on recognition, prevention and remediation of burnout in pediatric oncology staff members, while throughout the book chapters have been revised and updated to reflect the impact of new antibiotic agents, new antimetics, and new approaches to pain management.

Format:

Text book

Target audience: 

Multidisciplinary

Accessibility:

Publicly available - no restrictions

Cost:

Payment required (retail)

URL:

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vkCidRfMRKYC

Organisation:

Oxford University Press

Written for health professionals in psychosocial and supportive roles as they help children and their families through the treatment, recovery, and grieving processes associated with childhood cancer.

Format:

Text book

Target audience: 

Allied health - all

Accessibility:

Publicly available - no restrictions

Cost:

Payment required (retail)

URL:

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DFnsBq_A96AC

Organisation:

Humana Press

A panel of prominent clinician-scientists comprehensively reviews the latest developments in paediatric pain management, with special emphasis on the setting in which pain is detected and managed.

Format:

Text book

Target audience: 

Multidisciplinary

Accessibility:

Publicly available - no restrictions

Cost:

Payment required (retail)

URL:

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bD8XZAfygJEC

Organisation:

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Primary tumours of the meninges occur extremely rarely in children and young people and have remained a poorly defined group compared with the common diagnosis of meningiomas in adults. Because of the rarity in children, paediatric meningiomas are often treated according to the adult practice. This may lead to inappropriate treatment considerations since paediatric meningiomas exhibit peculiarities that distinguish them from their adult counterpart. Striking the balance between late toxicities of adjuvant radiotherapy on the growing brain versus the risk of repeated recurrences necessitating surgical interventions in young patients is of importance and will require a clinical decision making process in the paediatric neuro-oncological/neurosurgical MDT tailored to each patient's age and clinical setting. The paediatric literature is based on small, single institution retrospective studies over extensive time periods during which the imaging facilities, pathological criteria and surgical advances have led to shifts in definitions of disease making comparison of results difficult to interpret. These guidelines have been developed following a comprehensive appraisal of the literature. Primary treatment is surgical resection. Careful pathological review and multidisciplinary discussions should be undertaken before considering postoperative treatment, such as radiotherapy for histologically anaplastic or clinically aggressive, relapsing meningioma.

Format:

Journal article

Target audience: 

Multidisciplinary

Accessibility:

Publicly available - no restrictions

Cost:

Payment required contact Journal

International Resource:

UK

URL:

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a789979370~db=all~jumptype=rss